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Nepal and the Monsoon, Part 2

December 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Click here to listen to episode 435 of Weather Break.
Yesterday, Weather Break aired part of a conversation between Creighton University student Aubry Wilkins had a chance to talk with Sopnil Bhattarai, who lived in Nepal for 12 years. The nation of Nepal is slightly smaller than either Nebraska or South Dakota, and it is [...]

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Tags: Climate · How's the Weather? · Water and Weather

Nepal and the Monsoon, Part 1

December 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Click here to listen to episode 434 of Weather Break.
The nation of Nepal is slightly smaller than either Nebraska or South Dakota, and it is squeezed between India and China. Home to much of the Himalayan mountain range, Nepal has a climate that is largely dictated by the Indian monsoon system. That means [...]

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Tags: Climate · How's the Weather? · Water and Weather

Weather at Devils Tower National Monument

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Click here to listen to episode 388 of Weather Break
Over Labor Day weekend, Dr. Jon Schrage of the Creighton University Department of Atmospheric Sciences had the opportunity to visit Devils Tower National Monument in northeastern Wyoming. He was surprised to see how many people were climbing the Tower that day.  Climbing Devils [...]

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Tags: How's the Weather? · South Dakota and Nebraska

How’s the Weather… in Malin Head, Ireland?

March 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Click here to listen to episode 276 of Weather Break
From time to time on Weather Break, we call meteorologists, weather observers, or environmental scientists who are working in unusual locations.  We ask them about the work that they do and the interesting weather and climate that they are experiencing.  Since today [...]

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How’s the Weather in Honduras?

March 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Click here to listen to episode 271 of Weather Break
Last week was “Spring Break” at Creighton University.  During that time, a professor in Creighton’s Environmental Sciences Program took a group of students to Roatan Island off the coast of Honduras to study the ecology of this environment.  As part of Weather [...]

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