Physical Oceanography

Jersey stops Terry McDonald's bid for world record firework launch (Times Online)

18 Jul 2008

It should have been a spectacular cacophony of light and noise as 115,000 rockets exploded above St Aubin’s Bay, Jersey.

Solar flair (San Diego Union-Tribune)

17 Jul 2008

Factors that go into a memorable sunset, like this one seen from La Jolla Shores, can include the right type of clouds refracting the sunlight and the presence of pollutants or particles from fires or volcanic eruptions.

Climate science: The long summer begins (Nature)

16 Jul 2008

A research vessel embedded in the thinning Arctic sea ice has a front-row seat for the cryospheric show of the century. Quirin Schiermeier reports from Darnley Bay, Canada.