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25 November 2009
I'm Heading To The Bottom of The World!
I’ve been keeping a big secret. Way back in August I had a call from a friend who works at the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) in Washington, DC. She asked if I’d heard that the National Science Foundation was opening up applications for science reporters to visit Antarctica. In case you have never looked into the logistics of going to the South Pole, let me educate you! I have. Oh, have …
6 November 2009
Tomorrow is Carl Sagan Day
Tomorrow marks the first annual Carl Sagan Day. It will be held at Broward College in the Miami area of Florida. It will be celebrated by people around the world however, by simply pausing to reflect on the life of a man who brought the wonders of Science to millions. Sagan worried a lot about scientific literacy. To have a functioning society, where the public makes thoughtful decisions on everything …
22 June 2009
Oregon Isn't The Only Thing That's Green!
The American Meteorological Society has thousands of members in all types of atmospheric disciplines. The smallest group is likely the broadcast Meteorologists. We have a little over 100 attendees here in Portland at the the 37th annual AMS Conference on Broadcast Meteorology. I know what you are thinking. A room full of 100 people with very good haircuts. You might be surprised though. We come in all colours, shapes and …
19 June 2009
Greetings from the Cool Oregon Coast
The American meteorological Society is having it’s Broadcast Meteorology Conference in Portland next week. There is a short course on Climate Change on Sunday and I was asked to present by Bud Ward, of the Yale Climate and Media Forum. Since this part of the world is one of my favourites, I took the opportunity for a MUCH NEEDED break, and took some holiday time along with the conference. So that …
11 October 2008
Old London Town…
I have taken a break from things for the last two weeks. Most of that time I spent in the United Kingdom. Anyone who knows me doesn’t have to ask what my favorite city is. They already know it’s London. In the cult classic movie 84 Charing Cross Road, there is a line that says something along the lines of “people go to London looking for different things”. Some go looking for …
1 August 2008
Matt Harding- I nominate him for The Nobel Peace Prize
Who the heck is Matt Harding. Actually the question should be where the he^^ is Matt Harding. I have spent years explaining to anyone who would listen that we live in a very small world. The air you breathe today was on the other side of the world a few days ago. We are protected from the harsh radiation of the sun by a layer of air that is just …
17 August 2007
The Adventure of A Lifetime
I did something this Summer I have wanted to do all my life. I went to the High Arctic. The first two weeks of August found me in the High Arctic of Canada and Greenland. Not just near the Arctic Circle but 1000km North of it! Climate change is showing up better in the Arctic than anywhere else and I wanted to see it for myself. So, for two weeks …
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.