A University of Washington marine affairs expert has been named to chair the science advisory board of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency responsible for such things as weather and climate prediction, fisheries management and coastal area protection and restoration.
While cool August temperatures prevented sea ice in the Arctic from reaching its lowest summer extent on record, 2006 continued a pattern of sharp annual decreases due to rising temperatures probably caused by greenhouse warming, according to University of Colorado at Boulder researchers.
BOULDER, Colorado, October 4, 2006 (ENS) - The Arctic Ocean will be ice-free by 2060 if current warming trends continue, scientists with the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said Tuesday.
Researchers aboard the Thomas G. Thompson study seals, plankton, birds and fish to measure the effects of global warming on the Bering Sea. They also struggle with seasickness, battle for research time — and get plenty to eat.
Helena has the dubious honor of ranking high on the list of cities with the greatest above-normal temperatures in the past five years, according to a study released Thursday by the Montana Public Interest Research Group.
Lockheed Martin has received a contract for approximately $10 million to further develop advanced material technology and next-generation hull material for stratospheric airships under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS) program.
WASHINGTON–Alaska’s senators will lead a hearing Tuesday on the upcoming International Polar Year, which actually is a two-year stretch during which governments and scientists will launch new research in the polar regions and educate the public about them.
Sept. 11, 2006 — The NOAA National Weather Service will conduct a limited communications test of the Tsunami Warning System in the coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington on Wednesday, September 13, between 10:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
