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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Biology, Climate Change, Video, Weird Weather on 02 2nd, 2012 | No Comments

Where’s Winter?

Today famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil poked his head out of his burrow and saw his shadow, meaning (according to the old German superstition) that we can expect six more weeks of winter. But the crowd gathered in Pennsylvania to see the rodent’s prediction stood in pre-dawn temps hovering just...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Engineering, Space, Video on 01 31st, 2012 | 3 Comments

Lego Man Goes to Nearer Space

NASA is spending $63 million per astronaut to send them to space on Russian rockets. But a pair of Toronto teens did it for $400. Okay, their astronaut was made of plastic and stood just a couple of inches tall. And he only made it about a quarter of the way to the internationally accepted boundary...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 01 24th, 2012 | No Comments

Big Solar Storm Brewing

As a precaution planes that travel over the North Pole are being rerouted. Satellites are bracing for a direct hit and technicians are watching energy grids with unblinking eyes. The reason for all the hub-bub is a big solar storm. The Space Weather Prediction Center issued a warning on Monday when...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate Change, Environment, Featured Articles, Science Ditty Friday, Video on 01 20th, 2012 | No Comments

SDF: What the Frack?

Editor’s Note: To mark the new year REALscience is rolling out a new feature — Science Ditty Friday. Each and every Friday we’ll compile a song (preferably with accompanying video) to kick your weekend off with a musical start. And there will be a more detailed explanation of the science...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Consumer Safety, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 12 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Combustion Whoosh Bottle Experiment Done Right

Last week, a Minnesota science class got more than they bargained for when a combustible demonstration being done by the physical sciences teacher caught chemicals on a lab table on fire and burned several students, including 15-year-old Dane Neuberger. The burned student says, “I started screaming...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Atmospheric science, Biology, Climate, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Marine Science, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 12 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Arctic Region Warms into New Climate State

In 2006, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began monitoring the Arctic region, creating an annual report card to mark rapid change occurring there. Five years in and the news isn’t good. The 2011 Arctic Report Card shows that the entire region is changing dramatically. Ice, both...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Video, Weird Weather on 11 17th, 2011 | No Comments

La Nina Back for Round Dos

After a year of record precipitation in some parts of the country and blistering drought in others, everyone was hoping that this would be a neutral year. But weather forecasters show that a second La Nina began forming in August and could be at least as severe as last year. Winter 2012 Precipitation...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate, Climate Change, Featured Articles, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 11 1st, 2011 | 1 Comment

Climate Skeptics Confirm Global Warming

Global warming has become so politicized that many people forget there is science underlying the concept. The camps sort out like this. Climate scientists for the most part agree that the world is heating up thanks to man-made or anthropogenic global warming, largely caused by excess carbon dioxide...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 10 26th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Northern Lights Track South

Generally people in the far northern latitudes get to see the solar wind dancing with the magnetic field around Earth. But because of increased solar activity, the northern lights have been more visible further south, including Alabama, Georgia and even Florida. An automated NASA camera that takes a...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Space, Video on 09 27th, 2011 | No Comments

Satellite Plunges to Earth in Remote South Pacific

When an out of control satellite is plummeting to Earth a few minutes makes a big difference. In the case of the decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite arriving a few minutes ahead of schedule meant that the two dozen or so pieces that survived re-entry hit a remote part of the South Pacific,...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Consumer Safety, Space, Video on 09 20th, 2011 | No Comments

NASA Tracking Satellite Heading for Earth

NASA says there could be a spectacular show on Friday if someone spots the re-entry of an old satellite. But that is a big if. The space agency is down-playing any danger associated with a 20-year-old, school-bus-sized piece of space junk crashing into a populated area. But there is still a chance that...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate Change, Marine Science, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 08 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Irene’s Wet Legacy

Hurricane Irene was never a wind maker. Just ask any meteorologist tracking the storm since it began developing. But it was big, even for a hurricane. At one point Irene stretched over 610 miles across and hovered over half of the eastern seaboard as it roared up the U.S. Atlantic coast Saturday and...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Space, Video on 08 10th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Solar Storms on the Uptick

As the sun awakens from a very sleepy period with virtually no solar activity, solar storms are on the rise. The eleven-year solar cycle is expected to reach its maximum level of activity in about 2013 and until things cool down the sun will continue to eject plasma bursts that have the potential to...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate Change, Consumer Safety, Health and Medicine, Video, Weird Weather on 07 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Heat Dome Steams Much of U.S.

Over 177 million people in 34 states are talking about the heat dome that is parked over one million square miles of the U.S. and sending temperatures and heat indices into dangerous triple digit territory. A heat dome is a common summertime occurrence when heating on land occurs faster than over the...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Video, Weird Weather on 07 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Giant Haboob Dusts Phoenix

It’s something that looks like the size of sand storm in the middle east not in the desert southwest. But yesterday thunderstorms in Tuscon, Arizona pushed cool air away from the storm cells and kicked up dust as it roared north, toward Phoenix. As it made the 150-mile journey, the cool, moist...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Atmospheric science, Space, Video on 06 10th, 2011 | No Comments

Solar Flare Could Disrupt Cell Phones and Satellites

Scientists say particles from a solar flare will rain down on Earth and possibly cause problems. NASA caught incredible images of the sun as it released a medium-sized solar flare and a spectacular coronal mass ejection. It appeared to cover at least half of the sun with its plasma cloud. Now it is...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate Change, Science of..., Video, Weird Weather on 05 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Science of…Super Storms

2011 has been the deadliest tornado year in over 50 years. Already 1,151 twisters have formed and cut a wide swath of destruction across many states. That is more than double the average. And 481 people have died as a result of severe weather this year. That is more than six times the average and makes...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Science of..., Video, Weird Weather on 05 10th, 2011 | No Comments

Science of…Tornadoes

Early results from the late April burst of tornadoes that ripped across the southeast, killing over 300 show that 2011 is already the third worst tornado season on record. And it isn’t over yet. The month of April broke the record for most tornadoes, as a swath of destruction tore from Oklahoma...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate Change, Video, Weird Weather on 04 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Tornado Outbreak Rakes the South

The National Weather Service has confirmed 164 tornado reports around six states in the southeast Wednesday night. Parts of Alabama and Arkansas felt the brunt of the this late April tornado outbreak. In a month of record-breaking weather, April 2011 may go down in history as the worst tornado month...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Video, Weird Weather on 04 19th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Tornado Outbreak Flattens 15 States

A strong spring storm that began in Oklahoma spit out a bunch of tornadoes starting April 14. Then as the storm continued east it intensified thanks to a giant pocket of dry, cold air meeting warm, moist air pushing from the Gulf of Mexico and a strong jet stream creating a circulating front between...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate, Climate Change, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, Space, Video on 03 30th, 2011 | No Comments

NASA Mission to Study Polar Climate Change

The earth’s climate is getting a checkup thanks to NASA’s Operation Ice Bridge. It’s a six year mission to study the earth’s polar region from on board an airplane. NASA scientist Tom Wagner explains the mission from the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. While...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Earthquake, Environment, Geology, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 03 15th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Japanese Nuclear Crisis Deepens

After several days of uncertainty surrounding the fitness of Japanese nuclear power plants it appears that the worst is not yet over. Today, the International Atomic Energy Association declared the nuclear crisis in Japan to be a 6on a scale that goes to 7. To compare, the Three Mile Island partial...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Consumer Safety, Earthquake, Environment, Geology, Greenovation, Video on 03 14th, 2011 | No Comments

Nuclear Threat Remains After Japan Quake

There’s been more trouble at Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. With cooling systems down, fuel rods have been exposed at the facility’s Unit 2 reactor, and there was an explosion at Unit 3. While not ideal these explosions keep the threat of a total nuclear meltdown to...

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