Posts treating: "weather"
Sunday, 12 June 2016
Cloudy and miserable. Some warmth on Sat and then Sun had brutal NW wind straight from the land where everybody is worried about ice. I had a sauna, and this is resembling our 'normal' weather of Winter and July. I hope we aren't into the death of El Nino yet. I expect that to be horrible. Bug News - lots of deerflies Sat, and then nothing. No mossies at
For those of us near the poles, all of our 'weather' comes from the equator in the form of plumes. These are generated by N-S ocean currents which are deflected up by land masses. Without any land (Waterworld!), our air currents would look like Jupiter, without the red spot.
We'd still have seasons and maybe a little water, but the weather would be boring.
This is wet air.
Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-05-01 23:17:56]
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When I flew to Denmark on 14th of April the weather was mostly clear skies over Iceland. This allowed me to take pictures of few of the volcanoes in the flight path I was going. Due to constrains … Continue reading
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [2016-03-17 21:11:15]
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St. Patrick’s Day is not as big a deal in Ireland as it is in America, but it was an unusually nice early spring day there today. Most of the sunshine was in the UK portion, (Northern Ireland) but most areas saw plenty of sun. The weather in New York City for the famous parade was much warmer, with sunshine and temps. near 16C (60F). Images are from the NASA
When you plan a research cruise in the winter in Oregon, there’s a good chance the weather will change your plans. That’s what happened to us this
by Nanci Bompey Nanci Bompey is AGU’s public information manager. She is spending a week aboard the R/V Oceanus with scientists from Oregon State University who are studying the role that small rivers play in the productivity of the coastal ocean during the winter. Click here to read Nanci’s previous blogs from this trip. On Sunday afternoon, we headed back to Newport. The scientists and crew were closely watching
After about a day of calm sailing out of the Strait of Magellan, we entered the Drake Passage. Boy, has it been quite a ride! Winds have averaged about 30-40 knots (roughly 35-45 mph), with frequent gusts up to 50 knots! Waves have been around 10 feet. So, while it certainly could be worse, it’s been quite a trip! It takes a lot of effort to walk anywhere on the boat, and anything not secured has been flying around! Last night Uffe flew right out of the chair he was sitting in, and I gave up [...]
The Bois d'Arc formation has some inarticulate brachiopods that can be found but they are often fragile and weather away quickly. I was fortunate enough to find two examples of varying preservation. I can't locate any literature that describes species that could be found and it appears that the inarticulate brachiopods were ignored by Amsden when he initially described the brachiopod fauna from the Lower Devonian of Oklahoma.The first is a Lingula type specimen. I am not sure if the shell is [...]
It’s almost time to start our next field season! Our field season begins when we fly south on February 18. That’s just a couple of weeks away!This year, we will complete our “latitudinal gradient” along the Antarctic Peninsula. For this project, we are exploring the diversity of soil biological communities along the entire Antarctic Peninsula. We will discover what species live in all of the places we visit. We will also compare who lives at each site with the plants and soil chemistry [...]
This is the last post in a series of dispatches from scientists and education officers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor. The crew was on a 36-day research trip to study Tamu Massif, a massive underwater volcano, located 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) east of Japan in the Shatsky Rise. Read more posts here.
Statistics on Tamu Massif
The Tamu Massif cruise has been tremendously successful having sailed 98% of the planned track lines in an ambitious pre-cruise plan. Scientific [...]
Chaos from California to Utah—this past weekend’s storms brought areas of flood waters across the area. kutv.com New video and images showcase wild weekend weather that affected people from California to Utah. READ
El Niño is earth’s most powerful climate cycle, influencing weather and affecting crops, water supplies and public health globally. What may be the strongest El Niño ever measured is now getting underway, and is already affecting parts of the
Rock clearance day at SaltfordFriday 20 November Meet: 10:30am at the clearance site. Finish at 4pm.Simon Carpenter is organising a rock clearance day on Friday 20 November to clean up a late Triassic/White Lias site close to the Railway Path at Saltford ST 691668. The site will eventually be part of a new geology trail around the village and I need your help.The rock outcrop occurs along the rim of the cutting and I need a team to help clear ivy and vegetation covering the [...]
It’s officially fall, and I’d like to say the weather is cooling down and the leaves are turning bright and beautiful colors, but we live in Houston. So… no. Instead, I can tell you that we’ve been hard at work this … Continue reading
Today, I helped out with the Digging the Past event at the Falls of the Ohio State Park. The weather was nice. A lot of visitors showed up despite the main building being closed for renovations and there is so much construction in the area involving the new Ohio River bridge. The park employees estimated about 500 cars showed up with about 1,500 visitors. I did not see many fossils being
The storm tracks define the weather and climate in mid-latitudes. A recent workshop in Switzerland highlighted the important role that clouds play for the response of the storm tracks to climate
One of the nice things about vagabonding, traveling without a set itinerary, is that one can make allowances for weather. That's a major consideration with a journey through the Pacific Northwest. We stayed an extra day on Vancouver Island, letting a weak storm pass through the region, because I couldn't stand the thought of missing out again on seeing and exploring an extraordinary place,
We've just returned to the lab from a 2 week expedition to the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota. The weather was very hot, the bugs were out in force, and I had a grand total of one shower during our stint in the wilds. Here's a bit of what we found.Thescelosaurus clawTheropod tibiapartial triceratops skull before excavationFinds were a bit sparse in week one. Lots of hiking and lots of incredibly bare outcrops. Occasionally I founds some Champsosaurus bones or gar scales, but for the most [...]
deseretnews.com Intense heat. Drought. Wildly extreme weather accompanied by wildfires. READ
Every meteorologist will tell you the same thing. The most often heard comment they hear when they tell someone what they do for a living is something along the lines of “It must be nice to get paid to be wrong most of the time!”. My usual response is that my batting average is far above that of most major league baseball players, and they make a lot more than