Bigger Blankets Are the Key to Saving Our Glaciers Pontedilegno-Tonale Ski Resort has quite the problem on its hands: their Presena Glacier which allows the ski resort to have superb winter skiing and great summer skiing is melting at an alarming rate. According to saveoursnow.com, the Presena Glacier has lost 1/3 of its volume just between the years 1993 and 2011. The glacier’s rapid decline led to an unlikely […] Industry News Artur | July 12, 2021 4 Comments
NOAA: “June 2021 Was the Hottest June on Record for U.S” This article was originally published by John Bateman on noaa.gov on July 9, 2021 Exceptional heat waves from coast to coast helped push June 2021 to the No. 1 spot on the list of hottest Junes on record for the U.S. The first six months of 2021 also brought eight billion-dollar weather disasters, ranging from destructive severe weather to a historic […] Weather WeatherBrains | July 9, 2021 0 Comments
Is California in a New Climate? A Stanford Scientist Thinks So Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last month, you know the Pacific Northwest just experienced an unprecedented heatwave. Seattle, Washington, for example, just experienced their hottest temperature ever recorded of 108 degrees Fahrenheit on June 28th. For Standford climatologist Dr. Noah Diffenbaugh, this heatwave that extended into northern California is further evidence of changing climate for The Golden […] Fire Joseph Puetz | July 7, 2021 0 Comments
A History Lesson on Denali, AK: North America’s Tallest Peak History Standing at 20,310 feet above sea level, Denali is the highest point in North America. Although the indigenous Koyuknons have referred to it as Denali for hundreds of years, the United States government acknowledged it as Mount McKinley from 1917-2015. The name Mount McKinley originally came from a gold miner that wanted to express his support for William McKinley, […] Climbing Jesse | July 7, 2021 1 Comment
NOAA: A Look at Historic July Climate Conditions Across America In honor of Independence Day, the NOAA takes a look at the country’s historical July climate conditions and Climate Normals for several patriotic-named U.S. locations. Related: NOAA Updated July 2021 Outlook: Dry Conditions to Persist Across Much of West and North CONUS July U.S. Climate Conditions Heat is the key characteristic of America’s July climate. And, in many parts of […] Weather WeatherBrains | July 2, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA: Which Mountain Snowpacks are Most Vulnerable to Global Warming? This article was originally published by Alison Stevens on Climate.gov on March 22, 2021 As Earth heats up thanks to human-caused climate change, scientists expect that winter snowpacks will melt increasingly earlier in the spring. According to a new NOAA-funded study, these impacts are already underway, but global warming isn’t impacting every region equally. While snowpack in some regions has been […] SnowBrains | June 15, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA: Assessing the U.S. Climate in May 2021 May was mild across much of the contiguous U.S.; heavy rainfall contributed to flash flooding across parts of the Gulf Coast For May, the average contiguous U.S. temperature was 60.4°F, 0.2°F above the 20th-century average, ranking in the middle third of the 127-year record. The meteorological spring (March-May) average temperature for the Lower 48 was 52.6°F, 1.7°F above average, ranking […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 9, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA: Climate Change and the 1991-2020 US Climate Normals This post first appeared on climate.gov and was written by Rebecca Lindsey As soon as the 2021 New Year’s celebrations were over, the calls and questions started coming in from weather watchers: When will NOAA release the new U.S. Climate Normals? The Normals are 30-year averages of key climate observations made at weather stations and corrected for bad or missing […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 20, 2021 0 Comments
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