El Niño may be coming, and if it does, there are few places on Earth to run and hide from its effects.
Atmosphere
Discussions of the atmosphere
Water
We call our home the blue planet. We need water. We covet it, saving the planet’s lifeblood in reservoirs and subterranean aquifers
Let It Rain
Shifting weather patterns will force changes in how we all live our lives. Life for individuals and society at large will be altered by the Anthropocene world we all helped to create.
The Purcell Lobe
The Purcell Lobe was notable because it blocked off the Clark Fork River, creating a massive ice dam over 2000 feet tall. The dam caused water to back up in western Montana, forming Lake Missoula
La Niña Keeps on Coming
La Niña conditions, which started two years ago, are set to continue according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean are near record intensity for this time of year.
Barents Sea Hot Spot
A warming Barents Sea is everyone’s problem because what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic.
Climate Change Momentum
Due to climate change momentum there is a lag between stopping carbon emissions and stopping temperature increases.
Arctic Yedoma — Supercharging Greenhouse Gases
Yedoma, a highly organic, Pleistocene-age permafrost, contains 50 to 90 percent ice mixed with organic carbon. When Yedoma melts, it delivers a blast of potent greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
Shifting Weather Patterns and More Rain
Shifting weather patterns will force changes in the way we all live our lives. In plain language, “we must reap what we sow.”
Rising Solar Winds
The fast-moving plasma cloud from a coronal mass ejection creates a solar wind, and if it hits Earth, the resulting geomagnetic storm can kick you off the internet.