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19 December 2009
Ice Cores and Copenhagen- The Connection
This is part two of the post on the Western Antarctic Ice Shelf (WAIS) drill project. How is Copenhagen’s climate conference and ice cores from Antarctica related? The basics are actually pretty simple. So is the most important question. If we double the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, how much will the planet warm?? It’s been known for well over 100 years that CO2 absorbs long wave radiation. The science …
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.