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1 February 2013
Greenland Ice Core May Rewrite Some Climate Books
I spent two weeks in the Summer of 2010 at the top of the World. To be specific I was in the middle of the Greenland Ice sheet at NEEM, about 650 miles from the North Pole, and while there I witnessed the recovery of the oldest core of ice ever recovered from Greenland. NEEM stand for North Greenland Eemian ice core. That ice core has now been analysed, and it had …
9 January 2013
King Tide Is Holding Court
The World’s oceans will rise up considerably higher than usual this week due to an effect called “King TIdes”. The tides are a result of the gravitational forces of the Sun and the Moon of course but when the Moon is full or new we are “lined up” and the gravity from both act in concert with each other. It may seem that a full moon would act opposite but …
10 November 2012
Before and After Superstorm Sandy- USGS Releases Amazing pics.
Sandy DID cut a new inlet on Fire Island NY. USGS image. Barrier Islands are nature’s buffer from storms. New inlets are a natural occurrence during storms and the sands are constantly shifting. Building on them is fraught with risk, but taxpayers all pay for the federal flood insurance that protects property owners there. After Sandy, I suspect there will be a much greater discussion about whether this is a …
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.