President Trump: The Latest Excuse for Losing Climate Data?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall An Australian climate scientist is concerned that President Trump might shut down US government servers which hold climate data being used to prepare the next…

Ban Ki-Moon to Trump: Action on Climate Change is "Unstoppable"

Guest essay by Eric Worrall UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has warned President-elect Trump that he will not have the power to derail climate programmes, even climate programmes in the…

How lightning strikes can improve storm forecasts

From the UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Humans have always been frightened and fascinated by lightning. This month, NASA is scheduled to launch a new satellite that will provide the first nonstop, high-tech…

Finding: Forest fires in Sierra Nevada driven by past land use – not climate

From the University of Arizona and Penn State comes this inconvenient finding. Forest fire activity in California’s Sierra Nevada since 1600 has been influenced more by how humans used the land…