Image of the Day: Satellite view of Florida at night before and after Hurricane Irma

It’s been two weeks since the blowout and explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon. Here are some photos that have emerged recently, showing the scale of the disaster. Technorati Tags: oil production,oil spill,North America,Gulf of Mexico,pollution

In a tiresome repeat of past years, climate-science denialist site, Watts Up With That? has again won a “best science blog” award. Also notable is Climate Audit, which was deeply involved in provoking the manufactured “Climategate” affair, as “Best Canadian...

Contact: Dr. Rory Howlett, r.howlett@noc.soton.ac.uk20 October 2010 (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) Sea levels around the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic have risen since the mid nineteenth century and the rate of sea-level rise has accelerated over recent decades,...