Climate science
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Snowfall is beautiful but can cause a lot of problems for those who need to go places. It can also cause damage to trees and even buildings if there is enough of it. Deke Arndt of the National Centers for Environmental Information has a great blog post this week in “Beyond the Data” on the…
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One of the arguments that I hear from time to time is that discussions about a warming climate are relatively new and that in the 1970s and 1980s scientists were talking about global cooling, not warming (see https://skepticalscience.com/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s.htm for some information about this). A friend of mine on Facebook posted this news clip on YouTube from…
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Laboratory of Columbia University just released a new set of Northern Hemisphere temperature data derived from tree rings that covers the last 1000 years. Tree rings are an important source of what is called “proxy” data, since scientists use information about how trees grow to determine the climate conditions which were affecting their…
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Here’s a map I found on Twitter recently showing the record 3-day snowfall event for each part of the country, updated to include the storm from last weekend. It could be worse! I also read an article today in USA Today which discussed the increase in blizzards over time across the US. Research by geographer…
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If you’ve ever been out in an area covered by a significant snowfall, you may have noticed the “hush” that often occurs. Some of the quietness is probably due to the lack of traffic on nearby streets, but snow actually has a sound-deadening effect. You can read more about it here at the University of…
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If you have been following the national news, you know that a big storm is cranking up over the Southeast today and will move northeast over the Atlantic states, bringing 20-30 inches of snow to the DC area. Here is a great article from the Capital Weather Gang which explains why the storm is so…
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Today parts of the Southeast are experiencing freezing rain, sleet and snow in some locations. This storm is expected to move up the East Coast and bring blizzard conditions to the Washington DC area. Paul Huttner of Minnesota Public Radio posted an entry on his blog this week reminding us to look for the beauty…