If you want to measure a climate trend, one thing you certainly have to account for is the seasons. It would be unwise to take one measurement in July, a second measurement in December, and declare that we are descending into an ice age. The same is true for measuring ground deformation. There is seasonal movement you have to consider, including in Yellowstone National Park.
By tracking the level of Yellowstone Lake over time it is possible to understand more about the hydrology of stream flow to the physical properties of the magma reservoir beneath
Continuous GPS stations in Yellowstone National Park measure minute ground movements, aiding in monitoring the volcanic system. But by analyzing the GPS signals arriving at the station more carefully, these
Environmentalists often bristle when charged with being addicted to gloom-and-doom messages, but every now and then an environmental group will confirm the stereotype. In April 2006,Greenpeace mistakenly posted an incomplete draft press release on its Website that read: âIn the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world’s worst nuclear accident, there have nearly [FILL IN ALARMIST AND ARMAGEDDONIST FACTOID HERE].â
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Alan Oxley reports that the conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has for years been playing fast and loose with the facts.
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Some examples:
A WWF report was the source of an insupportable claim that glaciers in the Himalayas were melting rapidly was embarrassing for the organization.