Lori Keesey
Twenty Years Later, Still on the Job DOE-Sponsored Data Measurement Program Celebrates Anniversary
Sometimes it just takes just a few people, a nagging problem and the persistence to solve it to make a huge difference in how the scientific community understands something as crucial to planet preservation as climate change. In this engaging story, freelance writer Lori Keesey tells how a small group of scientists convinced the U.S. Dept. of Energy to establish the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program in 1989.
Lori Keesey, posted on
May 25th, 2009
Articles, Climate, Earth Observation, Technology
The Big Melt Warming Creates Hazards in the Arctic
Situated along the Ninglick River about 400 miles from the nearest road, the isolated Yup’ik Eskimo community already has lost its landfill and landing for barges. State and federal officials now believe worsening flooding will take homes and buildings within a decade, if not sooner.
Lori Keesey, posted on
February 3rd, 2009
Articles, Biodiversity, Climate
The Threat to Nature’s Medicine
High in the eastern Himalayas grows a cottony white flower known for centuries among Tibetan and Chinese healers for its power to treat headaches, high-blood pressure, fertility, and menstrual problems. Despite its remote, rocky habitat some 13,000 feet above sea level, however, dual forces now imperil the slow-growing snow lotus.
Lori Keesey, posted on
December 2nd, 2008
Articles, Biodiversity, Health
The Drought of 2007: A Foreshadowing of Things to Come?
The epic drought that stretched across the southeastern U.S. in 2007 won’t be forgotten soon. Water supplies plunged to perilously low levels and public officials imposed draconian conservation measures to protect a resource that had become more valuable than gold.
Lori Keesey, posted on
July 2nd, 2008
Articles, Disasters, Earth Observation, Water
Scientists Share Views During International Polar Day Event
Two scientists participating in a live International Polar Day event March 12 provided their insights into what the future may hold and what decision-makers should do to address the issue.
Lori Keesey, posted on
March 27th, 2008
Articles, Climate
NASA Daily Image
Panorama of the East Coast
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA