After four-consecutive “wins” at seasonal forecasting, last year’s Outlook was, in a word, not great. It felt like I missed nearly every place I tried to get right. Okay, it wasn’t that bad. I gave…
Category: Climate
The 2020 La Nina and the Pine Belt
A La Nina Advisory has been issued by the Climate Prediction Center. This is an indication that La Nina conditions have been observed and are forecast to continue. Recall that a La Nina, in short,…
La Nina Watch posted: What it could mean for the Atlantic Hurricane Season and 2020-2021 Winter
That’s right, friends. While I will spend some time talking about La Niña and the hurricane Season, I also posted a “deep tease” about the upcoming winter. Two reasons. The first, I think most of…
2019-2020 Winter Outlook verification: It was “drier-than-normal”
Well, it sure felt like a wet and mild winter, but feelings can be vastly different from fact. And they usually are. Our brain tends to get int eh way of remembering objective observations. That…
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Ask NASA: Climate Change and Humans
Your browser does not support the video tag. How does climate change affect humans? That’s the question we asked Tom Wagner, Program Scientist for Cryospheric Research at NASA. In four different ways, he says, from…
Biogeographer Andy Reese discusses his research of an underwater forest in the Gulf of Mexico
In South Mississippi, counting pollen is usually done by sneezes. Or square feet. Not individually under a microscope. But, most of the pollen being counted by south Mississippians isn’t 60,000 years old. Trapped under the…
Ask NASA: Melting arctic ice could lead to increase in atmospheric methane
Your browser does not support the video tag. For centuries, a massive store of carbon has been locked underground in the Arctic’s permanently frozen soil known as permafrost. As Earth’s climate continues to warm, that…
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Ask NASA: Forecasting ice in the Cryosphere
Your browser does not support the video tag. Arctic sea ice extent ebbs and flows with the seasons. During the summer months, the ice melts and the edge recedes northward, usually reaching its annual minimum…
Ask NASA: Exploring the Cryosphere
Your browser does not support the video tag. Snow is one part of the cryosphere that many of us have actually encountered, but it also plays a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate. Through decades…
Ask NASA: Cool Ways of Studying the Cryosphere
Your browser does not support the video tag. NASA missions are helping scientists study the cryosphere – the many forms of ice found on Earth. video and description courtesy of NASA
