Not exact matches
Do It Yourself
Weather Vane from Steve Spangler
Science — Craft a homemade
weather vane with the kids, and then be sure to test it out (with a fan or outside on a windy day).
Pine Cone
Weather Station from
Science Sparks —
Did you know that pine cones can help predict the
weather?
Don't forget about the latest Challenge and Discover theme:
weather science.
Trained to
do chemistry and atmospheric
sciences research, Knighton
weathered the 1999 recession by branching out from his lab to work part - time on a MSU program called «BOREALIS,» funded by NASA to promote
science education.
The study, published in open - access journal Frontiers in Veterinary
Science, also shows that the dogs
did not suffer from a buildup of electrolytes from the drink, suggesting that electrolyte drinks are a safe hydration alternative for sniffer dogs, who are at risk of heat stroke in hot
weather.
They show that astronomy is a
science that is accessible to everyone, and I would encourage you to take a look if the
weather is clear... but
do follow the safety advice!»
«Our results show that Earth has had a moderate temperature through virtually all of its history, and that is attributable to
weathering feedbacks — they
do a good job at maintaining a habitable climate,» said first author Joshua Krissansen - Totton, a UW doctoral student in Earth and space
sciences.
The U.S. press is either woefully ignorant of the state of the
science, or is deliberately trying to find explanations for various regional
weather and climate changes that don't involve any mention of «global warming» — and that approach relies on the «natural cycle» argument.
«Misconceptions about climate
science are rife with those who confuse
weather with climate... the presence of large El Nià ± o events before 1850 AD
does not mean that climate change has no effect.»
Then I always check the
weather (while I give my skincare a minute to settle in) followed by
doing my makeup: Sweet
Science tinted SPF, Jouer bronzer, Trestique concealer, Make blush, LOC eyeshadow (or sometimes Benefit's Big Beautiful Eyes) and finally, Benefit Cosmetics» mascara.
I should probably
do a better job at looking at the
weather forecasts, being that I'm in the atmospheric
sciences program and all.
And they
do all of this while immersed in a field -
science program that asks them to be multidisciplinary scientists drawing on prior knowledge to interact with a variety of environments,
weather, and physical challenges of a mountain environment.
Science kits, containing compasses,
weather instruments, magnifying glasses, soil samples, plastic containers for experiments, and more, give pupils another opportunity to learn by
doing.
At Pinnacle High School, Michaels Near Space Team is one of only a handful of programs in the country that
do high altitude
science and fly payloads to the edge of space via
weather balloons.
Find Ways to Focus on
Weather in the Classroom Meteorology isn't a part of a core curriculum, however, most
science classes
do include lesson plans on
weather and the atmosphere.
There's been a lot of noise about extreme
weather the past few months, and it frustrates me, because I think that too much jumping up and down about it
does a disservice to the
science, and to future expectations of immediate, in - your - face evidence of climate change.
For an example of how that «citizen
science» can really work, look at what Ron Broberg and Zeke Hausfeather are
doing with the
weather station data — they aren't sitting around declaring that «it can't be
done» or that the GISTEMP / CRU / NCDC methods are fixed, they are going into the data, making choices, seeing what impact they have and determining what is robust.
As far back as the 1950's, when instructional
science filmmaking was in its heyday, Frank Capra
did a film on
weather and climate that included a section on carbon dioxide and global warming that plays like a compressed version of «An Inconvenient Truth,» replete with flooded American landscapes and crumbling ice sheets.
I guess in the end, extreme
weather and climate will
do all the talking while correct
science the only worth while explaining.
-- Of course, we all must realize that absent something we don't all know about (or the methane shock troops being right, which the
science does not appear to support; while faintly agreeing that increased methane can't be good it appears the more knowledgeable sorts are saying the quantities are out of whack for going all shock - horror on it just yet, while other problems multiply and are bad enough without giving ourselves nightmares), the
weather is going to return to something more like normal in the next couple of years.
While opinions about climate change vary greatly, even among experts in climate
science, the consensus is that short - range
weather events have little to
do with the climate change debate.
One
does not have to be skeptical about the
science of global warming to be skeptical of excessively «certain» long term predictions that involve
weather and climate, the ultimate chaotic system that can not be accurately predicted.
If you believe the
science, then nothing you can
do will change the
weather of the next few decades 2.
«With global temperatures hitting a new record high and repeated episodes of severe
weather, including flooding in this country, helping people to understand the basic
science behind climate change as well as the consequences for our nature, our businesses and food supply feels like an important thing to
do.»
Science Corrupted: It's «the hottest year on record», as long as you don't take its temperature — Activist James Hansen's claims based on «pure conjecture» — Hansen's Climate Con: «The parts of the world which GISS shows to be heating up the most are so short of
weather stations that only 25 per cent of the figures are based on actual temperature readings»
Also See: Watch Now: Climate Depot's Morano on Fox News Mocking «Climate Astrology»: «This is now akin to the predictions of Nostradamus or the Mayan calendar» — Morano: «There is no way anyone can falsify the global warming theory now because any
weather event that happens «proves» their case... Man - made global warming has ceased to be a
science, it is now the level of your daily horoscope» — Gore [in 2006 film]
did not warn us of extreme blizzards and record cold winters coming»
One bit
science you didn't mention was examination of
weather stations, this was enabled by use of a blog.
Whether this source is NOAA, foreign
weather observatories, or international climate bodies is irrelevant — the author is never a primary source of data unless he is performing experiments, and anyone who has
done real
science understands this.
They really
do have the
weather modification down to the
science.
This week's article headlines regarding climate / energy policies,
science and
weather do not disappoint - rest lightly, the craziness continues.
Mr. Wagner, of course,
does not mention other historical publications from Popular
Science (and other sources) that fully acknowledge the
weather warfare reality and the greats posed by it (going back nearly 7 decades).
To make a resounding judgement that makes it as though he is saying that the recent up tick in severe
weather had nothing to
do with climate change implies a settled
science on the matter.
What am I
doing wrong in trying to get folks on both sides (ugh) of the discussion to understand that if climate includes (is defined by)
weather (patterns) and we have accuracy issues with
weather forecasting, how are those of us w / o
science degrees to trust forecasting climate?
For example,
weather reporters
do not generally have expertise in climate
science, and have much less scientific training than climate scientists.
How well
do you think the UK media covers the topic of climate
science and the related topic of
weather as well?
As
Science Digest reported in 1973, «At this point we
do not have the comfortable distance of tens of thousands of years to prepare for the next Ice Age, and that how carefully we monitor our atmospheric pollution will have direct bearing on the arrival and nature of the
weather crisis.»
Interesting that someone that claims that ``... Cosmic rays influence our
weather...» doesn't understand that the
science of whether or not GCR's have any impact is actually the thing in question, with only very limited observational support for the idea so far and good reasons for why it is unlikely to be a big factor.
Current GCM models may have realistic - seeming
weather patterns, but are totally incapable of producing phenomena that look like the Holocene (Little Ice Age, Medieval Warm Period, Roman Warm Period, Holocene Optimum, the steady decline of temperature on average over the last 3,000 years, etc.) The Climate
Science community has, instead, taken the path of trying to claim that these swings didn't occur (Michael Mann's «Hockey Stick», etc.) This does not give me a lot of confidence in the rest of their «science&
Science community has, instead, taken the path of trying to claim that these swings didn't occur (Michael Mann's «Hockey Stick», etc.) This
does not give me a lot of confidence in the rest of their «
science&
science».
Boykoff observed that in the mind of the public, local
weather forecasters — many of whom
do not have a
science degree — have as much credibility on climate issues as experts.
There are several categories for members, but even for general members, they
do not have to have
done any original research and may only have had some bare minimum of education on actual climate
science, perhaps having a focus on
weather forecasting.
The astonishing
weather experienced by the world last year and advances in climate
science demonstrate conclusively that fossil fuel emissions are causing global warming — and something must be
done about it.
And meteorology degrees may not even help, as they typically
do not require coursework in climate change
science — though of course that shouldn't stop meteorologists and
weather communicators from accepting the consensus of their more rigorously climate
science — focused colleagues.
So what
does climate
science tell us about the links between climate change and extreme
weather and what impact is this likely to have on future events?
His comment shows the president doesn't understand the difference between climate and
weather or the history and basics of climate
science.
Climate Depot's Morano on Fox News Mocking Gore's «Climate Astrology»: «This is now akin to the predictions of Nostradamus or the Mayan calendar» — Morano: «There is no way anyone can falsify the global warming theory now because any
weather event that happens «proves» their case... Man - made global warming has ceased to be a
science, it is now the level of your daily horoscope» — Gore [in 2006 film]
did not warn us of extreme blizzards and record cold winters coming»
While the average earthly temperature
does climb in correlation to the amount of atmospheric carbon, people tend to rely on their observations of the
weather to validate or repudiate the
science behind climate change.
Further adding to the divide within the climate
science community is the fact that many of the climate models that Trenberth and others often use
do not show the sorts of changes in the jet stream that the new study and others like it have pointed to, including the more frequently stagnated or «blocked»
weather patterns that Francis cited.
If this «settled
science» claim «
weather IS NOT climate»
does NOT exist, Mr Tobis might want to refute these mis - informed people as well:
I
do follow this debate from a layman's perspective and the one thing I find really confusing is why when talking about climate
science / climate change and the models being used, they never talk about
weather modification programs that have been going on for over 70 years around the world.
What the paper
does focus on, Hansen said, is determining whether extreme
weather events like the Texas heat wave can be attributed to climate variability — the natural ups and downs in seasonal temperature — or to the global upward trend in summer temperatures that
science now links with climate change.