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Posted: 29 October 2012
Hurricane Sandy off the Cayman Trough (courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory) Are there more tropical cyclones now than in the past – or are we just hearing more about them through media, and detecting them more successfully with satellites? That is the question...
Posted: 24 October 2012
Burning fossil fuels A new study indicates that burning all the Earth’s reserves of fossil fuels could alone cause sea levels to rise by as much as five metres – with levels continuing to rise for typically 500 years...
Posted: 16 October 2012
Tenerife volcano Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton have identified a repeating trigger for the largest explosive volcanic eruptions on Earth. The Las Cañadas volcanic caldera on...
Posted: 10 October 2012
Charlotte Williams (left) and Jenny Brown Two scientists at the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool have won prestigious awards from the Challenger Society The Challenger Society awards four Fellowships biennially, to early...