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18 November 2010
NOAA-2010 tied for warmest year on the temperature record.
Last week, NASA released the October data and today the National Climate Data Center (NOAA) has released their independent analysis. This past October was the 8th warmest globally, and 6th warmest looking at land temperatures only. What will actually make the news is the January through October temperatures. They are tied with 1998 as the warmest on record. With La Nina acting to cool the planet right now, this is …
Did The Media Miss The Boat on the Youngest Black Hole?
You likely heard about it a few days ago. NASA announced the detection of a supernova turning into a black hole. It was big news and justifiably so. The story starts back in 1979 when an amateur astronomer observed a supernova. It was the third one seen in 1979 and thus named 1979C. Yes all that astronomical numbering is real complicated you know;). You probably know that a supernova marks …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.