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USDA Moves to Roll Back Roadless Rule, Putting 45 Million Acres of National Forest at Risk

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a landmark policy that has protected roughly 45 million acres of national forest across 37 states for nearly a quarter century. The Trump administration announced it will publish a Notice of Intent to roll back the rule on Friday, August 29, initiating a process that […]
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Snow Algae Found to Accelerate Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting

Snow algae, a microorganism found in Antarctica, has been shown to accelerate ice sheet melting. These microscopic algae thrive in snow and ice as extremophiles, capable of surviving in harsh, cold environments. When present in high concentrations, they turn snow red, reducing its reflectivity—known as ‘albedo’—and accelerating melt. A recent study led by Dr. Liang Dong from the Aerospace Information […]
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Nebraska Professor Awarded Grant to Study Rain’s Impact on Snow Melt and Flooding

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University of Nebraska professor Tirthankar Roy has been awarded a five-year grant to lead what he describes as the most comprehensive study to date on how rain falling on snow can trigger catastrophic flooding. “The work that we are doing is to understand sort of the characteristics of rain-on-snow events, specifically looking into their flood-generating potential,” Roy told Nebraska TV. […]
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NOAA: Did La Niña Shape North American Precipitation this Winter as Expected?

This article originally appeared on climate.gov on March 27, 2025 While many of us in the U.S. are reveling in the excitement of college basketball tournaments and trying to win our March Madness pools, it’s also a good time to look back at this past winter’s (December 2024–February 2025) precipitation pattern over North America. Were the seasonal forecast models a […]
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New Study from Swiss Researchers Takes Detailed Look at How Avalanche Risks are Projected to Evolve Across 21st Century

A groundbreaking new study by Swiss researchers offers the most detailed look yet at how climate change could reshape avalanche risk across the Alps but also globally. Published in Natural Hazards, the paper, authored by scientists from the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF and ETH Zurich, uses high-resolution models to examine avalanche danger in painstaking local detail—down […]
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SnowBrains Podcast Ep. 79 | Erin Sprague – CEO of Protect Our Winters

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This episode of the SnowBrains podcast is brought to you by Club Med. Erin Sprague became Protect Our Winters‘ (POW’s) CEO at the beginning of 2024. Since then, she has spearheaded the organization and movement of outdoor recreationists fighting climate change. POW’s mission is to “depoliticize the climate discussion and bring together those from all backgrounds to advocate for the outdoor […]
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Sending It to the Legislature: Ski Mountaineer Caroline Gleich’s Campaign for U.S. Senate

This November, Utah voters will be faced with a unique opportunity: to elect the first professional skier to the U.S. Senate. Caroline Gleich, a 38-year-old professional ski mountaineer and Park City resident, is running for Mitt Romney’s seat after he said in a speech that it was “time for a new generation” of leaders. Gleich hopes to continue to fight […]
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NOAA Climate Report: US Hit With Historic Snowfall, Late-Season Hurricane in November

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Last month a number of significant weather events struck the U.S., including late-season Hurricane Nicole and record-breaking lake-effect snow in parts of New York. Despite an overall average month for temperatures and precipitation, the U.S. saw decreased drought across the nation, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Below are highlights from NOAA’s U.S. climate report […]
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Two Pictures 104 Years Apart Show Disturbing Glacial Melt in Norway

Global warming is taking its toll on the world’s glaciers. This could not be more drastically represented than by this side-by-side picture comparison. The original picture was taken in 1918. It shows such massive glaciers that you could barely see the impressive mountains behind them. In the second picture, it is the mountains that look massive. These photos show the […]
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What About Snow During La Niña Winters?

This article was originally published on Climate.gov by Dr. Stephen Baxter. This is a guest post by Dr. Stephen Baxter who is a NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC) meteorologist and does applied research on subseasonal-to-seasonal climate variability. In particular he specializes in understanding how the middle-to-high latitude circulation is influenced by the tropics versus other processes. He also has a […]
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NOAA: Summer 2021 Ties For Hottest Summer on Record for US, and 8th Wettest

During meteorological summer (June-August), the average temperature for the Lower 48 was 74.0°F, 2.6°F above average, nominally eclipsing the extreme heat of the Dust Bowl in 1936 by nearly 0.01°F and essentially tying 1936 for the warmest summer on record. A record 18.4 percent of the contiguous U.S. experienced record-warm temperatures for this season. For August, the contiguous U.S. average […]
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NOAA: Extreme Heat, Ongoing Drought and Wildfires Plague Much of the Western Contiguous U.S. During July

The July 2021 contiguous U.S. temperature was 75.5°F, 1.9°F above the 20th-century average, tying with 1954 and 2003 for 13th warmest in the 127-year record. For the year-to-date, the national temperature was 53.0°F, 1.8°F above average, ranking 14th warmest on record. The July precipitation total for the contiguous U.S. was 3.36 inches, 0.58 inches above average, and sixth-wettest in the […]
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