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Book Traces Long Trail of Global Warming Scholarship

By Guest PostSeptember 24, 2011Environmentcarbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide emissions, climate simulations, co2 data, computer simulations, crystalline substances, david archer, earth climate, foundations of global-warming science, geophysical sciences professor, global warming, global warming and climate change, global warming class, greenhouse effect, humans, impact on climate, infrared intensity of moonlight, louis block professor, methane hydrates, nobel laureate, oceanic sediments, ray pierrehumbert, rising temperatures, svante arrhenius, the smoking gun

Geophysical Sciences Professor David Archer polled the 200 students in one of his Global Warming classes about whether they believed that humans have had an impact on climate. Approximately 90 percent of the students responded “yes,” reflecting the lessons of climate simulations that Archer had shared earlier with the students.

Those computer simulations are able to reproduce the trend toward rising temperatures, but only when they include data on rising carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. Simulations that omit the CO2 data do not accurately reproduce the changes. Archer says the link helps reveal carbon dioxide emissions as “the smoking gun” behind global warming and climate change. (more…)

Hurricane Irene: Scientists Collect Water Quality and Climate Change Data from Huge Storm

By Guest PostAugust 31, 2011Environmentanthony aufdenkampe, brandywine creek, cell phone, christina river basin critical zone observatory, climate change and water quality, crb czo, east coast, feedbacks to climate change, floodwaters, global warming and climate change, hurricane, hurricane irene, jessica duffy, jun abrajano, magnitude of hurricane irene, northeastern united states, sara geleskie, steve hicks, storm, storm path, stroud water research center, university of delaware, white clay creek

*Researchers pursue new information from East Coast hurricane*

While Hurricane Irene had officials along the East Coast preparing for mass evacuations, scientists at the Stroud Water Research Center and the University of Delaware were grabbing their best data collection tools and heading straight for the storm’s path.

It was a rare opportunity for the scientists to learn more about climate change and water quality, as Irene threatened to be the biggest hurricane to hit the Northeastern United States since 1985. (more…)

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Book Traces Long Trail of Global Warming Scholarship

Hurricane Irene: Scientists Collect Water Quality and Climate Change Data from Huge Storm