New evidence uncovered by French investigators in the crash of the Germanwings airliner in the March crash in the French Alps points toward premeditation and and deliberation in the incident. According to the investigators, Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on the ill-fated flight, practiced controlled gradual descents earlier in the day of the fateful crash. Investigations […]
In 2013, the vast majority of worldwide climate indicators—greenhouse gases, sea levels, global temperatures, etc.—continued to reflect trends of a warmer planet, according to the indicators assessed in the State of the Climate in 2013 report, released online today by the American Meteorological Society. Scientists from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C., served as the […]
National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded researchers at the University of Washington have concluded that Antarctica’s fast-moving Thwaites Glacier will likely disappear in a matter of centuries, potentially raising sea level by more than a half-a-meter (two feet). Data gathered by NSF-funded airborne radar, detailed topography maps and computer modeling were used to make the determination. […]