Following an uncommonly-prolonged three-year La Niña, ocean surface temperatures have risen precipitously over the past two months, reaching record-breaking highs—and a warm El Niño period is forecast to begin sometime within the next few months. Satellite and Argo buoy data gathered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has revealed thatread more
Whitley solos for our Easter show, discussing everything from the why of secrecy to the equally important why of the fact that the government is trying to back down from further public disclosure. Where will it all lead? What can we expect and who is behind the continual refusal toread more
A sudden warming event high in the stratosphere that is threatening to reverse a major air current found in that layer of the atmosphere has occurred, a reversal that, in turn, runs a high probability of disrupting the air currents that contain the polar vortex that circles the Arctic, somethingread more
Greenland’s glaciers may be melting 100 times faster than previously estimated, according to a new ice melt model that corrects an old assumption that was based on the melt rate of glaciers a world away in Antarctica. Previous models used to estimate how Greenland’s ice melts have been based offread more