Climatology
Climatology: the study of climate, scientifically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of time. In contrast to meteorology, which focuses on short term weather systems lasting up to a few weeks, climatology studies the frequency and trends of those systems. It studies the periodicity of weather events over years to millennia, as well as changes in long-term average weather patterns, in relation to atmospheric conditions.
What's Popular in Climatology
-
OCT 22, 2018Videos
OCT 22, 2018Why is it that the US gets pummeled with hurricanes every year and Europe hasn't seen one in over fifty years? Even though Europe does get hit with flo...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 20, 2018Earth & The Environment
SEP 20, 2018Biodiversity is confirmed yet again to be a savior for vulnerable species. In a new study published in Nature, scientists determined that forests with more...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 18, 2018Earth & The Environment
SEP 18, 2018After the last wildfire season, it’s an understatement to say that we need to get better at developing technology that helps us predict fire-weather...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 14, 2018Earth & The Environment
SEP 14, 2018A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes a fresh look on just how much clouds are impacting climate models. While...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 12, 2018Earth & The Environment
SEP 12, 2018As the Carolinas and other affected states prepare for the landfall of Hurricane Florence, another danger lurks in the shadows: nine Superfund sites that s...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2018
Videos
OCT 22, 2018
Why is it that the US gets pummeled with hurricanes every year and Europe hasn't seen one in over fifty years? Even though Europe does get hit with flo...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 20, 2018
Earth & The Environment
SEP 20, 2018
Biodiversity is confirmed yet again to be a savior for vulnerable species. In a new study published in Nature, scientists determined that forests with more...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 18, 2018
Earth & The Environment
SEP 18, 2018
After the last wildfire season, it’s an understatement to say that we need to get better at developing technology that helps us predict fire-weather...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 14, 2018
Earth & The Environment
SEP 14, 2018
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes a fresh look on just how much clouds are impacting climate models. While...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 12, 2018
Earth & The Environment
SEP 12, 2018
As the Carolinas and other affected states prepare for the landfall of Hurricane Florence, another danger lurks in the shadows: nine Superfund sites that s...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 11, 2018
Infographics
SEP 11, 2018
As we enter into the current hurricane season, it’s time to reflect on the stormy season from 2017 and consider what's to come this year. Do you...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
SEP 09, 2018
A new study published in Science suggests that the installing large-scale clean energies in the Sahara Desert could greatly change the region. ...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 04, 2018
Earth & The Environment
SEP 04, 2018
Land ecosystems play a huge role in keeping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Besides the ocean, they are perhaps the biggest carbon sinks, absorbing a...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
AUG 13, 2018
Flash back to the last deglaciation, some 19,000–9,000 years ago. During this time, atmospheric CO2 increased significantly by approximately 80 ppm....
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
