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.
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APR 16, 2019Earth & The Environment
APR 16, 2019A study recently published in Environmental Research Letters revealed increasing air temperatures—closely followed by precipitation—may be the...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
APR 11, 2019Recent research has revealed a new development that may take us closer to an ice-free Arctic summer. Scientists consider the Russian marginal seas of the A...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
APR 05, 2019Last week the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its 2018 Global Energy and CO2 Status Report. The IEA is an intergovernmental organization of 30 m...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
APR 05, 2019After two years of extensive research, a team of international researchers has determined the exact location from which they will extract ancient ice sampl...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
MAR 20, 2019The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chief executive of the Environment Age...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 03, 2019Microbiology
MAR 03, 2019This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening....Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 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 SullivanSEP 11, 2018Infographics
SEP 11, 2018As 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 SullivanSEP 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
SEP 09, 2018A 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 SullivanSEP 04, 2018Earth & The Environment
SEP 04, 2018Land 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 SullivanAUG 13, 2018Earth & The Environment
AUG 13, 2018Flash 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 SullivanAUG 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
AUG 07, 2018Research coming from a new study published in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science suggests that that low Arctic sea-ice extent (SIE) may be correla...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 05, 2018Microbiology
AUG 05, 2018The bacteria living in the soils of Earth seem locked in battle with the fungi there....Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2018Microbiology
AUG 02, 2018Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes....Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2018Earth & The Environment
JUL 12, 2018Flashback about 16,000 years ago. During this time, the Southern Ocean was experiencing a sudden rise in atmospheric CO2 and temperatures in a period of le...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 14, 2018Earth & The Environment
JUN 14, 2018Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have been hard at work trying determine a climate pattern tool that accurately allows us to predict pre...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 29, 2018Earth & The Environment
MAY 29, 2018There’s bad news on the horizon for the global economy, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change, and it’s all due to floodi...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 25, 2018Earth & The Environment
MAY 25, 2018The water is not where we want it to be. Dry areas are only getting drier, and wet areas are only getting wetter – and the pattern is likely to conti...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 24, 2018Earth & The Environment
MAY 24, 2018Right now, the farthest we can go back in time to analyze the history of our planet’s climate is 800,000 years. We do so with ice cores – layer...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 21, 2017Plants & Animals
NOV 21, 2017Albatrosses all around the world are in trouble. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes most species as threatened or nea...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2019
Earth & The Environment
APR 16, 2019
A study recently published in Environmental Research Letters revealed increasing air temperatures—closely followed by precipitation—may be the...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
APR 11, 2019
Recent research has revealed a new development that may take us closer to an ice-free Arctic summer. Scientists consider the Russian marginal seas of the A...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
APR 05, 2019
Last week the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its 2018 Global Energy and CO2 Status Report. The IEA is an intergovernmental organization of 30 m...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
APR 05, 2019
After two years of extensive research, a team of international researchers has determined the exact location from which they will extract ancient ice sampl...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
MAR 20, 2019
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chief executive of the Environment Age...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 03, 2019
Microbiology
MAR 03, 2019
This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
AUG 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
AUG 07, 2018
Research coming from a new study published in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science suggests that that low Arctic sea-ice extent (SIE) may be correla...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 05, 2018
Microbiology
AUG 05, 2018
The bacteria living in the soils of Earth seem locked in battle with the fungi there....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2018
Microbiology
AUG 02, 2018
Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2018
Earth & The Environment
JUL 12, 2018
Flashback about 16,000 years ago. During this time, the Southern Ocean was experiencing a sudden rise in atmospheric CO2 and temperatures in a period of le...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 14, 2018
Earth & The Environment
JUN 14, 2018
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have been hard at work trying determine a climate pattern tool that accurately allows us to predict pre...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 29, 2018
Earth & The Environment
MAY 29, 2018
There’s bad news on the horizon for the global economy, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change, and it’s all due to floodi...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 25, 2018
Earth & The Environment
MAY 25, 2018
The water is not where we want it to be. Dry areas are only getting drier, and wet areas are only getting wetter – and the pattern is likely to conti...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 24, 2018
Earth & The Environment
MAY 24, 2018
Right now, the farthest we can go back in time to analyze the history of our planet’s climate is 800,000 years. We do so with ice cores – layer...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
NOV 21, 2017
Albatrosses all around the world are in trouble. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes most species as threatened or nea...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
