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Dirt, Bugs, and Raindrops, Oh My!
Guest post by Alyson Weinberg There’s a lot of talk these days of “thinking outside the box.” Whether for kids in the classroom or companies in the marketplace, it’s an ability to be cultivated. People who think outside the box are… Read more >
Photo of the Day: Lightning
This Photo of the Day was donated by a participant in the annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. See more photos or sign up for the 42nd Annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. Read more >
12 Ways Nature Can Help You Forecast Weather
The weather. Wherever you go, there it is, sometimes adding perfection to a day or night, sometimes ruining the best laid plans. But to be forewarned is to be forearmed, if by armed you mean having a rain suit at… Read more >
Wildlife Finding the Warm Winter Rather Bewildering
Punxsutawney Phil might think we have 6 more weeks of winter, but the geese, daffodils, and mosquitoes have a different idea. Across the continental United States, people are noticing that it’s been unseasonably warm this winter. My colleague Tony Iallonardo… Read more >
Smile, Planet, You’re on NPP
Almost two months ago a new environmental-observing satellite, NPP, hitched a ride on the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket into earth’s orbit and data is already coming back to earth. The NPP carries five instruments set to collect daily… Read more >
Why we need a National Climate Service
Since 1870 the National Weather Service, a branch of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), helps protect our lives and property from a tornado or other severe weather event. Even if you get weather information from your local TV meteorologist… Read more >
NWF@AMS: Connecting Climate, Weather & Wildlife
What role do meteorologists have to play in educating Americans about the climate crisis? Read more >
Media’s Coverage of Climate & Extreme Weather: Partly Cloudy
Global warming’s impact on extreme weather is coming into focus – but media’s reporting on the issue is sometimes cloudy. Read more >
Extreme Heat in Summer 2010: A Window on the Future
Could the sweltering summer of 2010 be considered mild compared to the typical summers of the future? It depends on whether America & nations around the world act now to curb our global warming pollution. That’s the conclusion of a… Read more >
As Heat Waves Grip East Coast, Revisiting Climate Connection
Here in the Washington, DC area, we’re experiencing our second brutal heat wave of the summer — and summer’s only a few weeks old. As NPR reported, it’s part of a national pattern: “Over the weekend, temperatures pushed into the… Read more >
