Coastal Environmental Change Lab Feedbacks between vegetation and morphology on barrier islandsVegetation is a key contributor to the development of topographic relief on barrier islands, and thus can be influential in determining barrier island susceptibility to overwash. As global temperatures … Continue reading
Open Climate 101 Almost 3000 non-science major undergraduates at the University of Chicago have taken PHSC13400, Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, since Ray Pierrehumbert and I (David Archer) first developed it back in 1995. Since the publication of the textbook … Continue reading
Come learn about barrier island dynamics!
A winter evening of discussion and discovery with the authors!
Monday, February 6th
7-9 PM Fessenden Center, Buxton
Tuesday, February 7th
6:30-8:30 PM Dare County Library, Kill Devil Hills
For more information call:
Buxton Village Books 252-995-4240
OR
Kill Devil Hills Library 252-441-4331
Books will be available for purchase and signing on both evenings.
Given that the majority of the world’s population lives along the coast, sea level is rising, and hurricane intensity is expected to increase with global warming, it has become more important than ever to understand the mechanisms driving large-scale coastal … Continue reading
ENERGY | 1/05/2012 @ 10:42AM |7,255 views The 2011 Climate B.S.* of the Year Awards + Comment now [*B.S. means “Bad Science.” What did you think it meant?] The Earth’s climate continued to change during 2011 – a year in which … Continue reading
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