EarthSky posted an interesting article this week describing some new research using laser images of a Brazilian rainforest canopy to see how El Niño-induced drought changed the composition of the forest. There is an excellent video of the process with the article. You can see the article and video here.
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For the past 20 years, NASA has provide a great inventory of satellite pictures of the earth available to view through their Worldview app at no charge. You can view volcanic eruptions, floods, and a wealth of climate information through their site. Read more about it at EarthSky at https://earthsky.org/earth/explore-20-years-earth-data-satellite-nasa.
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Here’s a Mashable article which describes the various types of clouds, along with some spectacular photos. Andrew Freedman provides rankings that are definitely biased towards severe weather and leave out several varieties of clouds altogether (like cirrus and cumulus), but the pictures are still worth seeing. Check it out at https://mashable.com/2018/05/06/cloud-types-ranked/?utm_cid=hp-n-1#LJvtrYCARsqn.
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Atlas Obscura published a short article this week about a new book of photographs of supercell thunderstorms from the Great Plains. The article talks to the photographer, Camille Seaman, about her experiences with chasing storms and getting spectacular photographs of some of them. You can see a few of the…
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Yahoo News posted an interesting article from Tech Crunch today which shows a new site that contains 3-dimensional views of clouds as a demonstration of the power of visualization of large data sets. You might enjoy looking at the images and reading about it here. You can also read more…
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If you follow the national Drought Monitor, you know that parts of Oklahoma are currently in D4 Exceptional Drought, the highest classification of drought there is. Because of this, things are tinder-dry, and there have been many wildfires which have affected cattle production in the area. Here is a story…
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The Global Weather and Climate Center posted a video this week from NASA showing a loop of the movement of the green vegetation bands across the globe with the seasons. You can really see the shift of the plants on the land and in the ocean as the sun moves…
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