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23 December 2010
Frost Flowers In Alabama
A couple of viewers sent me some pictures of strange ice formations today. They are very beautiful (and rather rare) specimens of what are called “FROST FLOWERS”. They form in areas where the ground is still warm but the air is quite cold. You usually see them after a sudden but intense cold snap. I’ve only seen them one time, but have been on the lookout for them ever since! …
13 December 2010
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “50/50 Odds the LHC Will Discover the Higgs Boson”
Here is the last part of my interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson from earlier this month. I almost didn’t ask this question, but it elicited a fabulous answer about the nature of scientific discovery. What is the Higgs boson you ask? Here is my explanation, and keep in mind, I’m a meteorologist not a particle physicist! I don’t even know enough about it to be dangerous. Few people other than …
5 December 2010
Shouldn’t we want our leaders to be smarter than we are? Neil deGrasse Tyson (Part 3)
Here is the third part of my chat with renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. In this clip, you’ll see us discuss a couple of subjects. First, Tyson responds to my questions about scientific literacy (or, should I say, the lack of same). His answer to my questions were more wide-ranging than even I expected; I think it was Tyson at his best as a critical thinker as to how science …
1 December 2010
An Even More Inconvenient Truth
It’s called CAMM Worldwide. That stands for Connect A Million Minds. The project was started by Time Warner and it’s based around a simple fact: The U.S. now ranks 35th in Math and 29th in Science worldwide. That means that your child’s above average grades in math and science are C’s and D’s compared to the rest of the industrialised world. As one scientist said recently, “China has more really …
16 November 2010
Chemical Party
I had no intention of posting another YouTube video today, but this one just has to be shared. Is this why the EU countries are so far ahead of the U.S. in math and science? Maybe.
15 November 2010
How the Large Hadron Collider Works and Why It’s Important
You have likely heard about the Large Hadron Collider. You probably even now they are searching for an elusive atomic particle called the Higgs Boson. Want to know why it’s so important and just how incredible the LHC machine is? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JMpDLWdiTQ Watch this video and then watch an explanation by Brian Cox that I posted last week.
6 November 2010
Brian Cox and the Large Hadron Collider
Can particle physics and the Universe be explained in 15 minutes? If you’re Brian Cox it can. Meet the new Carl Sagan.
8 October 2010
Did the Oil Disperants Do this To The Gulf?
This is an excellent story from the AP. It’s about the Gulf of Mexico – AFTER the oil spill. Pretty powerful stuff isn’t it. Dan
9 September 2010
Climate Science At The Top Of The World – Part One
I love ice and snow and I have had a lifetime’s dose of it this year. January saw me set foot at the South Pole and in late July, I found myself at the top of the world. Antarctica was thanks to the National Science Foundation. Greenland was thanks to Dave Jones at Storm Center Communications. Some of the most critical and urgent science in the world right now is …
20 June 2010
The Climate Denial Crock of The Week
I wrote a post here about the so called “climategate” emails several months ago. None of these have ever been published here because they were private and were stolen. That’s a felony . Most of the public have never even heard about them, which is not surprising. Unfortunately, the minority of conspiracy theorists out there have been busy sending death threats to some of the top experts in the world. …
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.