This is the third day of high winds in Anchorage and I don't remember when we had winds that lasted this long. And we're in for more, according to the Fairbanks Daily News - Miner, "A third windstorm takes aim for southcentral, Interior Alaska." Thoughts turn to climate changes.
According to Wikipedia climate
Today I'm offering links to sites that track Earth's climate changes and offer ways for you to participate; some links for getting extreme weather alerts on your cell phone (if you haven't gotten an app for such already); and a site that gives information on flight delays/cancellations. A word to the wise -- step lightly around the predictions, no one knows the future.
U.K.'s The Guardian has a Climate Change page that offers up-to-date news from around the world. A webfeed via rss is available. For measures proposed and being made to find ways that work to help the environment, take a look at Environmental Defense Fund's site. ScienceDaily offers Earth & Climate news, articles, videos, images, books and more.
If you're in the U.S. and want to speak up on the topic of clean energy, sign up at One Million Calls for Clean Energy.
This article was updated in May (2012) -- "Extreme-weather text alerts set to begin" -- by USA Today. AccuWeather offers weather apps for most of the major operating systems/devices; they also have severe weather and climate change (also has breaking news about conditions) web pages. Explore the site to find info on world conditions.
If you're planning to fly somewhere, FlightStats is a handy site. They have mobile apps, too.
As for me, I'm staying home -- it just might be safer there.
-- Marge
According to Wikipedia climate
...encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods. Climate can be contrasted to weather, which is the present condition of these elements and their variations over shorter periods.Whew! What a lot of science. What a lot of words.
A region's climate is generated by the climate system, which has five components: atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, land surface, and biosphere.
Today I'm offering links to sites that track Earth's climate changes and offer ways for you to participate; some links for getting extreme weather alerts on your cell phone (if you haven't gotten an app for such already); and a site that gives information on flight delays/cancellations. A word to the wise -- step lightly around the predictions, no one knows the future.
U.K.'s The Guardian has a Climate Change page that offers up-to-date news from around the world. A webfeed via rss is available. For measures proposed and being made to find ways that work to help the environment, take a look at Environmental Defense Fund's site. ScienceDaily offers Earth & Climate news, articles, videos, images, books and more.
If you're in the U.S. and want to speak up on the topic of clean energy, sign up at One Million Calls for Clean Energy.
This article was updated in May (2012) -- "Extreme-weather text alerts set to begin" -- by USA Today. AccuWeather offers weather apps for most of the major operating systems/devices; they also have severe weather and climate change (also has breaking news about conditions) web pages. Explore the site to find info on world conditions.
If you're planning to fly somewhere, FlightStats is a handy site. They have mobile apps, too.
As for me, I'm staying home -- it just might be safer there.
-- Marge
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