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“Climate Change War” Is Not a Metaphor

— posted on Apr 21, 2014 12:41 PM

The U.S. military is preparing for conflict, retired Navy Rear Adm. David Titley says in an interview.

PSU Storm Chase prepares for first chase this summer in Midwest

— posted on Apr 21, 2014 08:43 AM

This summer, members of Penn State’s new storm chasing club will travel to the Midwest in hopes of seeing a tornado up close.

Combining IT and science to monitor the weather

— posted on Apr 17, 2014 01:21 PM

Chuck Pavloski discusses the IT and science behind meteorology at Penn State.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The recent slowdown in the warming rate of the Northern Hemisphere may be a result of internal variability of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation -- a natural phenomenon related to sea surface temperatures, according to Penn State researchers.

The parallels between the political decisions regarding climate change we have made and the decisions that led Europe to World War One are striking – and sobering.