Generals meet to deal with melting Arctic
Defense chiefs from eight Arctic nations agreed on Friday to cooperate more closely to deal with disasters and search and rescue operations in the remote resource-rich region, Canada’s top soldier said. As the Arctic warms up, major nations are jostling for influence in a frozen part of the world believed to contain vast reserves of [...]
Heat records in U.S. outnumber cold records 35 to 1 in March
U.S. daily record high temperatures continued to surge into the end of March, with new heat records overwhelming cold records by the incredible ratio of 35.3 to 1. The total number of heat records was 6,182, nearly double the number in the sweltering month of August last year. The monthly count for March was also [...]
“Mind-boggling” temperatures across U.S. says NOAA
With temperatures soaring in many places around the United States, many might be wondering if this is a sign of another sweltering summer. On Wednesday (March 21) alone, more than 70 major cities were within sight of record highs, according to the Weather Channel. Quite a few of those cities have already broken the previous [...]
986 wildfires in Flordia so far this year, as drought drives blazes
The Florida Forest Service is predicting a difficult wildfire season if dry conditions persist.Those conditions have created four wildfires in Putnam County that have burned about 900 acres, according to figures provided by the state. In addition, statewide, the dry conditions and the lack of tropical systems last year have helped cause 986 wildfires that [...]
Great Lakes ice cover down 71% since 1973
there is an overall decrease in Great Lakes ice cover over the past 40 years, with a decrease in variability as well. This graph shows the downward trend in ice cover area (in square kilometers) since 1973.[2] The total loss in area was 71 percent for all of the Great Lakes. What are we learning [...]
Mutant Heat Wave Shattering Records
More than 2,200 warm temperature records have been set so far in March. Take a look at the map above to see where temps are crazy departures from normal. This isn’t your average heat wave. Its duration, set against more than a century of record keeping, makes it one for the climate change chronicles. Here’s [...]
Loss from melting glaciers enough to cover the U.S. in 1.5 feet of water
The total global ice mass lost from Greenland, Antarctica, and the rest of Earth’s glaciers and ice caps during the period 2003-2010 was about 4.3 trillion tons 1,000 cubic miles. The loss amount is roughly eight times the water volume of Lake Erie, or enough to cover the United States in 1.5 feet .5 meter [...]
Heat records smashed across Midwest
For the third consecutive day, Chicago, Illinois hit their warmest temperature on record so early in the year, going back to 1872. The mercury hit 82°F, giving the city its third consecutive day of 80°+ temperatures, smashing the old record by a month. Previously, the earliest Chicago had ever seen three consecutive 80 degree days [...]
Weathercasters “freaked” over weird, hot weather
Our intrepid reporter Mr. Mat Honan spent some time in Kentucky this past week, and he said the weather was incredibly, unseasonably hot. It was in the 80s in March. Not normal. What the heck? So we asked our friends at The Weather Channel: please explain? We were hoping they’d say something reasonable, like, about [...]
