Originally Published by New Scientist – Feathery cirrus clouds trap a lot of heat and help warm the planet. Getting rid of them could counteract human-caused climate change..
Get cirrus in the fight against climate change
Storm Clouds Crawling With Bacteria
Originally Published by AccuWeather – The storm clouds in Earth’s atmosphere are filled with microbial life, according to a new study.
Marine Layer Clouds off the California Coast
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory – The Suomi NPP VIIRS “day-night band” makes it possible to view low clouds even at night—something earlier satellites have had difficulty doing.
On Scale of 0 to 500, Beijing’s Air Quality Tops ‘Crazy Bad’ at 755
Originally Published by the NY Times – One Friday more than two years ago, an air-quality monitoring device atop the United States Embassy in Beijing recorded data so horrifying that someone in the embassy called the level of pollution “Crazy Bad” in an infamous Twitter post.
2012 hottest year on record in contiguous U.S., NOAA says
Originally Published by The Washington Post – Temperatures in the contiguous United States last year were the hottest in more than a century of record-keeping, shattering the mark set in 1998 by a wide margin, the federal government announced Tuesday.
NASA CERES S’COOL Project: Understanding clouds and how they affect our weather and climate
Student Cloud Observations On-Line (S’COOL) was formed as the Education and Public Outreach arm of the NASA’s Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy Systems (CERES) project. S’COOL asks students around the world that same question: “What is the effect of clouds on the Earth’s climate?”
Snow Cover Hits Record Low
Originally Published by the ESA – Santa Claus may someday need wheels for his sleigh – satellites show a decreasing amount of snow in the Northern Hemisphere.
Violent polar storms help control the world's weather
– Without the mini-hurricanes which form over the Arctic, the world could face massive weather disruption.
Dust plumes across Pacific delivering microorganisms to North America
Originally Published EarthSky.org – Thousands of species of microorganisms are making their way from Asia across the Pacific Ocean and landing in North America.
First Study of Climate Effects of Arctic Hurricanes
– Though it seems like an oxymoron, Arctic hurricanes happen, complete with a central “eye,” extreme low barometric pressure and towering 30-foot waves that can sink small ships and coat metal platforms with thick ice.