Climate Change and Aquaman: This makes total sense…
By Mr. Lovenstein.
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Tag: climatology
April 14, 2014
March 31, 2014
Brilliant cartoon commentary on climate change issues by Kudelka
The top one, in particular, is brilliant.
By Jon Kuldelka (you can also buy prints of these at the link).
January 13, 2014
One academic, out of the 9136 published in recent peer reviewed climate change research, rejects man made global warming.
And that’s just for all papers published from November 2012 to December 2013.
To quote: “I have brought my previous study (see here and here) up-to-date by reviewing peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals over the period from Nov. 12, 2012 through December 31, 2013. I found 2,258 articles, written by a total of 9,136 authors. (Download the chart above here.) Only one article, by a single author in the Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, rejected man-made global warming. I discuss that article here.”
By James Powell.
January 6, 2014
These giant pastel icebergs by Zaria Forman are stunning. #whoa
From top to bottom: “Greenland #52”, “Greenland #62”, “Greenland #54.” By Zaria Forman. Via Colossal.
June 24, 2013
Talk about context in language. #phasesofmatter
The Indonesian word for water is air.
Via Futility Closet.
June 16, 2013
Wow. This here is what you would call a gigantic rotating supercell!
A supercell is a thunderstorm that is characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone: a deep, persistently rotating updraft.[1] For this reason, these storms are sometimes referred to asrotating thunderstorms.[2] Of the four classifications of thunderstorms (supercell, squall line,multi-cell, and single-cell), supercells are the overall least common and have the potential to be the most severe. Supercells are often isolated from other thunderstorms, and can dominate the local climate up to 32 kilometres (20 mi) away. (From Wikipedia)
A supercell near Booker, Texas from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo.
By Mike Olbinski, via Colossal
May 22, 2013
Axis-tilt: is the reason for the season. #awesome
Photo source unknown, via Fresh Photons
May 9, 2013
This solar corona, a la solar eclipse, is truly amazing!
(O.K. This designates my previous instagram post to the “I’m not worthy” category!)
By Miloslav Druckmüller, via Colossal
May 8, 2013
How long do we have? In preparation of IPCC projected sea level rises. #infographic
Click to enlarge. Note that Vancouver’s altitude ranges from 0m to 152m (mountainous) – the YVR airport is at about 4m.
From Information is Beautiful.
CREDITS —
RESEARCH – DAVID MCCANDLESS
ILLUSTRATION – JOE SWAINSON, LAURA SULLIVAN
SOURCES: IPCC, NASA, REALCLIMATE.ORG, NEWSCIENTIST.COM, POTSDAM INSTITUTE, SEA LEVEL EXPLORER
April 22, 2013
“Timestacked” photography of our Earth’s sky. Just shows the dynamic (and beautiful) nature of our atmosphere.
These would make a wonderful slide showing the dynamic nature of our atmospheric systems…
“…photographer Matt Molloy has daily encounters with brilliant sunsets and cloudscapes that he’s been photographing for over three years. One day he began experimenting with time-lapse sequences by taking hundreds of images as the sun set and the clouds moved through the sky.”
By Matt Molloy, text via Colossal
January 9, 2013
Giant Sculpture Awaits Climate Change and Subsequent Sea Level Rise
“One of the known environmental changes that is happening is the rising of the sea level through global warming. It is critical to me that at the time of its making this work reacts with the viewer, the walking viewer, on the top of the polder and that the surface that the viewer stands on is the surface that the work stands on. The work cannot have a plinth. Over time, should the rising of the sea level mean that there has to be a rising of the dike, this means that there should be a progressive burying of the work.”
Piece and quote by Antony Gormley. Via My Modern Met.
December 12, 2012
Sciencegeek Advent Calendar Extravaganza! – Day 12
FROST FLOWERS: CHRISTMAS-LIKE CAPSULES OF BIODIVERSITY
Photos by Jeff Bowman and Jody Deming
“In a study combining oceanography, microbiology, and planetary sciences, NSF-funded researchers at the University of Washington have discovered fascinating new aspects of so-called “frost flowers” that grow on Arctic ice fields. These delicate ice structures turn out to host microbes that survive to extremely cold temperatures, informing us about the limits of life when we search on other ice-covered planets and moons for possible extraterrestrial life. They also produce chemicals such as formaldehyde that may give clues about the origin of life on the early Earth.”
University of Washington, IGERT. Via Colossal.
(see more of Popperfont’s Sciencegeek Advent Calendar Extravanganza here)
July 17, 2012
Gorgeous paper cut topography
I want one for Vancouver, or one on the arctic would also be cool (especially for climate change discussions).
By Marnie Karger, also available for sale.
popperfont.net 
