According to a press release from NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmopheric Association), the percentage of methane in the atmosphere jumped sharply in 2007. Could this be the beginning of the long-feared melting of the methane deposits frozen in permafrost? Methane levels rose last year for the first time since 1998. Methane is 25 timesContinue reading “Methane Levels Jump: AGW to Accelerate?”
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Understanding Drought: Lesson One
From a useful op-ed in today’s Los Angeles Times: In January, it rained a lot in Southern California. The usual street intersections flooded. Water tumbled down the Los Angeles River. And houses in areas ravaged by fires last fall seemed in danger of sliding off their hilltop perches. It was chaotic, as always — butContinue reading “Understanding Drought: Lesson One”
Temp: Hot! Outlook: Cooler (says soils forecast)
Southern California has been baking in a nasty heat wave for the last five days; it’s expected to last another day. Yet the experimental NOAA temperature outlook says it’s going to be cooler than usual this September, if the blue squares along the California coast can be trusted. In fact, earlier this year NOAA forecasterContinue reading “Temp: Hot! Outlook: Cooler (says soils forecast)”
NO MORE WATER: Scientists, Oak Trees Predict Drought
After an unusually dry winter, experts in climate and weather are predicting drought for Ventura County and Southern California. Southern California experienced the driest fall and winter in over a century, according to the National Oceanographic and Atrmospheric Administration, and the drought is expected to continue and widen across the region. Continue reading “NO MORE WATER: Scientists, Oak Trees Predict Drought”
Kit Stolz 