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…
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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
You’re not crazy: It’s not as cold as it was when you were a kid
“I remember when I was a kid, we would get cold like this every few weeks. And it would stick around. Now it is more like every few months. and it only lasts a day…
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CPC shows chance for cooler-than-normal February for big chunk of US, but a warmer-than-average Spring
The Climate Prediction Center is out with the February outlook and a look at Spring, too. While fEbruary is looking like cooler-than-average conditions may prevail, the long-term look suggests that temperatures may rebound in March…
January 21st: An active period for Pine Belt Weather
Anecdotally, I was chatting with Karrie the other day at the anchor desk and I mentioned that it “felt like” January 21st was – historically – an active weather day for the Pine Belt. I…
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Review: Increased Fall Precipitation in the Southeastern United States Driven by Higher‐Intensity, Frontal Precipitation
The southerly wind off the Gulf of Mexico is a big component in the day-to-day weather along the Gulf Coast. But new research dives into just how big a driver that is – particularly in…
2019 South Mississippi Autumn outlook
Well, well, well… Here we are in early August looking toward the Autumn – the best time to be in South Mississippi. Football, lower humidity, cooler temperatures. All of the things that make dealing with…
