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Needed: Reporting on climate risks from polar vortex
This article discusses the need for better reporting on the climate risks from the polar vortex. The late January deep freeze across much of the U.S. offers a valuable ‘teachable moment’ for media: Polar vortex heightens risks from climate change.
Americans watched toward the end of January as winter storm Jayden […]
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Making sense of the polar vortex and record cold on a feverish planet
This article discusses the polar vortex and record cold on a feverish planet. Record cold on a warming planet may seem contradictory. It’s not.
The author, Richard Rood, is a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Michigan.
A few years ago, the “polar vortex” surged into the public language […]
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Study: CLIMATE CHANGE TO BRING MORE EXTREME WEATHER AS ANTARCTIC AND GREENLAND ICE MELTS INTO THE OCEAN
This article discusses the impact that climate change will have on extreme weather.
Last week, rivers froze over in Chicago when it got colder than at the North Pole. At the same time, temperatures hit 47C in Adelaide, Australia, during the peak of a heatwave.
Such extreme and unpredictable weather is […]
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Climate change or “just the weather?” Here’s how to answer that.
This article discusses how to answer whether events are caused or worsened by climate change, or if it’s just the weather. Some weather extremes are getting worse. Here’s how scientists figure that out.
Every once in a while, a day comes along to remind you that weather is more than a trusty […]
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Atlantic hurricanes have grown more powerful and climate change is partly to blame, scientists say
This article discusses how Atlantic hurricanes have grown more powerful and climate change is partly to blame, scientists say.
A group of top hurricane experts, including several federal researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, published striking new research Thursday, suggesting that hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean have grown considerably […]
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Using the big freeze to deny climate change… stupidity or cynicism?
This article by Michael Mann discusses how climate denialists are using the recent freezing weather to deny climate change.
The winters of the early 1970s were very cold and snowy in the northeastern United States where I grew up – as elsewhere around the US and Europe. I remember […]
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The Polar Vortex Is Just The Beginning — Here’s How Climate Change Is Hitting Middle America
This article discusses how climate change is affecting middle America, not just the coastlines. The Polar Vortex Is Just The Beginning — Here’s How Climate Change Is Hitting Middle America. “Too many people see climate change as a coastal issue,” said one expert.
It’s so brutally cold in the Midwest right now, […]
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Study: If the Earth Is Warming, Why Is It So Cold Outside?
This article discusses global warming, answering the question: If the Earth is warming, why is it so cold now?
As climate change heats up the planet, winters are warming faster than summers. But on days when the temperature tumbles below freezing, it leaves many people wondering, “If the Earth is […]
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Study: Brace for the Polar Vortex; It May Be Visiting More Often
This article discusses how we need to brace for the Polar Vortex, as it may be visiting more often.
Find your long johns, break out the thick socks and raid the supermarket. After a month of relatively mild winter weather, the Midwest and the East Coast are experiencing […]
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The Polar Vortex: Hard Facts About Cold Weather
This article discusses the polar vortex and its impact on weather. You could get frostbite in as little as five minutes. It will be warmer in Antarctica than it is in Des Moines. It could feel like minus 65 in Minneapolis.
The polar vortex is bringing dangerously […]
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