About Author: Tobias Thornes
Posts by Tobias Thornes
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![From more advanced handheld devices to bigger, better number-crunchers to provide forecasts of climate change, the applications for faster computer processors are more numerous than […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Light-speed Computer to Pack a Heavy Punch")
Light-speed Computer to Pack a Heavy Punch
Posted on October 17, 2015 | 2 CommentsFrom more advanced handheld devices to bigger, better number-crunchers to provide forecasts of climate change, the applications for faster computer processors are more numerous than […] -
![In the 1820s, French scientist Joseph Fourier was trying to understand how the Earth could maintain its observed average temperature. A simple calculation based on […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/clouds-115x115.jpg "Clouds and Climate Change")
Clouds and Climate Change
Posted on July 3, 2015 | 1 CommentIn the 1820s, French scientist Joseph Fourier was trying to understand how the Earth could maintain its observed average temperature. A simple calculation based on […] -
![In order to predict the weather for tomorrow, we need to know how it’s evolved over the past days and weeks. To say that local […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/antinque-barometer-e1433538071890-115x115.jpg "Weather Observations: A Dying Art?")
Weather Observations: A Dying Art?
Posted on June 5, 2015 | 1 CommentIn order to predict the weather for tomorrow, we need to know how it’s evolved over the past days and weeks. To say that local […] -
![Rising Seas: the picture is far from level across different parts of the globe Climate change isn’t fair. Those who pollute the most per person (generally […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sea-rise-115x115.jpg "Rising Seas")
Rising Seas
Posted on May 28, 2015 | No CommentsRising Seas: the picture is far from level across different parts of the globe Climate change isn’t fair. Those who pollute the most per person (generally […] -
![Storm’s Brewing: The ITCZ is a cause of much danger at sea They’re the most treacherous seas on the planet. At those that lie beneath […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/storm-brewing-115x115.jpg "In the Doldrums")
In the Doldrums
Posted on May 10, 2015 | No CommentsStorm’s Brewing: The ITCZ is a cause of much danger at sea They’re the most treacherous seas on the planet. At those that lie beneath […] -
Quantum Computers Hit the Brakes
Posted on April 18, 2015 | No CommentsThe supercomputers of tomorrow might not be quite as speedy as was once hoped. Since their inception in the 1980s, quantum computers have promised to […] -
![Coral Collapse: Could our world’s most wondrous marine environments be about to melt away? We have all heard about the dangers […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/8425324548_3448538fef_o-115x115.jpg "Acid Attack: the Marine Meltdown")
Acid Attack: the Marine Meltdown
Posted on April 18, 2015 | No CommentsCoral Collapse: Could our world’s most wondrous marine environments be about to melt away? We have all heard about the dangers […] -
![How can we make sense of phenomena in the world around us? How can we predict what’s likely to happen in the future, or […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/8214955983_835087f57b-195x110.jpg "Modelling Magic")
Modelling Magic
Posted on March 15, 2015 | No CommentsHow can we make sense of phenomena in the world around us? How can we predict what’s likely to happen in the future, or […] -
![Fog over the Forest: How do the land and atmosphere affect one another? We all know that humans are changing the planet’s surface – deforestation, […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Land-atmosphere-195x110.jpg "Environmental Damage: Positive Feedback?")
Environmental Damage: Positive Feedback?
Posted on February 27, 2015 | No CommentsFog over the Forest: How do the land and atmosphere affect one another? We all know that humans are changing the planet’s surface – deforestation, […] -
![Plastic, plastic, everywhere: but the smaller particles hidden beneath the surface may be the greater threat. You can’t see it from satellites. You can’t see […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/plastic-ocean-195x110.jpg "Oceans of Plastic")
Oceans of Plastic
Posted on February 19, 2015 | No CommentsPlastic, plastic, everywhere: but the smaller particles hidden beneath the surface may be the greater threat. You can’t see it from satellites. You can’t see […] -
![What Lies Beneath: A Hidden Danger lurks under Earth’s crust A big earthquake is coming, but we don’t know when. That’s the problem faced by some of […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dry-ground-195x110.jpg "Surviving Earth’s Hidden Danger")
Surviving Earth’s Hidden Danger
Posted on February 11, 2015 | No CommentsWhat Lies Beneath: A Hidden Danger lurks under Earth’s crust A big earthquake is coming, but we don’t know when. That’s the problem faced by some of […] -
![The alien ships arrive without warning. In a moment, a civilisation we have developed over centuries is changed forever. Their technologies are beyond our […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Ship-195x110.jpg "The Magic Environment")
The Magic Environment
Posted on December 13, 2014 | No CommentsThe alien ships arrive without warning. In a moment, a civilisation we have developed over centuries is changed forever. Their technologies are beyond our […] -
![Thirsty land: Are humans to blame for the failure of the West African Monsoon? Who is to blame for that storm? For this flood? For […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Sahel-195x110.jpg "Extreme Weather: Who’s to Blame?")
Extreme Weather: Who’s to Blame?
Posted on November 24, 2014 | No CommentsThirsty land: Are humans to blame for the failure of the West African Monsoon? Who is to blame for that storm? For this flood? For […] -
![Wellspring of Life: Hydrothermal vents power biology far beneath the waves When we think of the Earth and its life-forms, we tend to think of […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Hydrothermal-vent-195x110.jpg "Oceans of Life")
Oceans of Life
Posted on November 23, 2014 | No CommentsWellspring of Life: Hydrothermal vents power biology far beneath the waves When we think of the Earth and its life-forms, we tend to think of […]
