Sunday, November 1, 2009

Drought in Africa since 2008


Droughts in Africa are often mentioned as one possible outcome of global warming. With modern satellites and their sophisticated instrumentation, it now appears possible to measure such happenings almost in real time.

Since we are at NASA Earth Observatory, you might also wish to check human induced global cooling smoke and haze over India.

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GREENLAND - Will probably be the focus of near term sea level rise

Greenland is almost all covered by a very thick glacial ice cap. If all of Greenland's ice either melted or slid into the oceans, sea le...