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Mother Nature throws a curve ball to the climate modelers: Mount Eyjafjallokull

Submitted by: Dominique Bachelet
May 06, 2010
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How will the eruption of Mount Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland affect the climate, and climate change predictions?  Mount Eyjafjallokull in Iceland continues to send a plume of ash, dust, and gases up to 40-50 thousand feet into the air, spreading towards Europe by jet stream winds. Silica in this volcanic dust melts and hardens on jet turbine parts, affecting flight paths to and from Europe while the volcano remains active.

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Evolution of Collective Knowledge

Submitted by: John Waugh
Apr 30, 2010
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In September 2000 147 heads of State met at the United Nations to discuss the question of pervasive poverty and lack of development.  This summit produced the United Nations Millennium Declaration, laying out eight goals to free the human race from want.  Not surprisingly, among these eight is the goal of environmental sustainability, and one of the key targets listed is to reverse the loss of environmental resources, measured by areas protected to maintain biological diversity.

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Welcome to the Data Basin Climate Center

Submitted by: Dominique Bachelet
Mar 28, 2010
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In this era of highly politicized debate about climate change, where the scientific exchange of ideas has become so polarized, it has become critical to make observations and simulations of climate-related information available. To quote A. Conan Doyle Sr. “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.” It is thus essential for scientists to share their data and expertise with the community to help inform a healthy scientific debate and provide decision-makers with sufficient facts and/or hypotheses to meet the upcoming challenges.

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