Category Archives: NOAA

Trump’s Proposed NOAA Budget Cuts, and the Actual Increases

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.   From their website, their Mission is:  “To understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, to share that knowledge and information with others, and to conserve and manage coastal … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Fire Risks, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, NOAA, Ocean Acidification, Smog worldwide, Trump Administration, Trump Budget, Trump on Climate Change, US Flood Maps, World Smog | Tagged | Leave a comment

Trump’s Absurd Science Budget Cut Proposals, and Their Defeats

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Absurd Science Budget Cut Proposals, and Their Defeats It is sad to see Trump and his Political Appointees attempt to remove funding for projects related to climate science and environmental protection, while the Congress again ignores them, and in … Continue reading →

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Costs of Weather Related Disasters Are Increasing in the US

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Costs of Weather and Climate Related Disasters Over the Last 40 Years, and During the Trump Presidency The data and maps are from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. I’m jumping the storm a little since the data for 2019 … Continue reading →

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Climate Change, Tobacco, and Vaping Denial

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Climate Change, Tobacco, and Vaping Denial. It seems the leading stories are all connected to climate denial, and its predecessor, to deny that tobacco causes cancer. We celebrate that National Security Council senior director for emerging technologies and lead climate … Continue reading →

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A Century of Warming Over Southern California and New York City

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Southern California, the New Jersey Coast, and New York City are the highly populated areas which have experienced the most warming over land in the US. Worldwide, the earth’s surface has experienced an average temperature increase of 1º C or … Continue reading →

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Slides from the NOAA/NASA Annual Global Analysis for 2018

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Slides from the NOAA/NASA Annual Global Analysis for 2018 The NASA author is Gavin A. Schmidt, and the NOAA author is Derek Arendt. I have put photos of the graphs from the above analysis on a Flickr album NOAA/NASA Annual … Continue reading →

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Southern California King Tides in 2017/2018

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Southern California King Tides in 2017/2018 The winter King Tides for Southern California are in early December and January. At Balboa Pier, Newport Beach, they will occur at the following dates and times, with associated heights above relative mean sea … Continue reading →

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Climate Change, Flooding, and West Coast Cities

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

This summer we saw that nature does not go gentle into that good night. The gentle global mean sea level rise predictions in the Fourth National Climate Assessment Intermediate case are 1.1 feet to 2050, but then they sharply increase … Continue reading →

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The Many Losses of Health, Welfare, National Scientific Capabilities, and International Import by the Trump Administration’s Abandonment of Science

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Many Losses of Health, Welfare, National Scientific Capabilities, and International Import by the Trump Administration’s Abandonment of Science   The United States has incredible fortunes in investments in scientific talent, institutions, and industries, that are being not only squandered, … Continue reading →

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Impressions from the March for Science in Washington, DC

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Impressions from the March For Science in Washington, DC.   Many of the speakers are young, and they speak with emotion and fervor, which is not something that an old and calm blogger like me. That is what the movement … Continue reading →

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