National Weather Service Reports Record-High Temperatures in California Yesterday Record-high temperatures were recorded at five California airports yesterday, May 26th. The NOAA reported: RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY – HANFORD CA 130 AM PDT WED MAY 27 2020 ….RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES BROKEN AT FRESNO AND MADERA ON MAY 26TH… ON MAY 26TH, 2020, FRESNO-YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SET A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72 […] SnowBrains | May 27, 2020 0 Comments
Scientists Reveal How Much Less Snow We’re Getting Due to Impacts of Climate Change If you’ve been suspicious that less and less snow has been falling in the U.S. and Canada in recent years, you’re not crazy — you’re right. RELATED: The Story of COVID-19 Will Be Told By Glaciers For Centuries to Come According to a new study published by climate scientists in Nature on Wednesday, North America has been seeing significantly less […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 22, 2020 0 Comments
The Ozone Hole Over the Arctic Right Now is the Biggest Ever Recorded An ozone hole has developed over the Arctic and scientists are saying that it is the biggest such atmospheric opening ever recorded over the planet’s northernmost regions. It’s a rare occurrence that is formed by persistent cold temperatures in the polar region and unusually quiet ozone dynamics, NBC News reports. These factors have caused record depletion of Earth’s protective ozone layer […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 11, 2020 0 Comments
Brain Post: Why Bears are Emerging From Hibernation Early With unseasonably warm temperatures and climate change on the rise, areas around the world are seeing bears coming out of hibernation months earlier than usual. Depending on several crucial factors, such as temperature, snowfall, and food supply, bears begin preparing for hibernation in mid-late November. Lasting for approximately 5 months, bears are typically seen coming out of hibernation in April. […] Brains Emily Crofton | April 3, 2020 0 Comments
French Ski Resort Draws Criticism for Using Helicopters to Deliver Snow The Luchon-Superbagneres resort in the French Pyrennees mountains has recently received criticism for using helicopters to drop much needed snow on the some of the resort’s slopes after suffering from a mild winter season that has lacked sufficient snowfall. A regional branch of a French political party are arguing that the actions taken by the resort to provide snowfall and […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 18, 2020 0 Comments
Temperature Hit 64.94°F in Antarctica Yesterday | Hottest EVER Recorded Antarctica just logged its hottest temperature ever recorded, at an Argentinian research station. The mercury peaked at 64.94°F yesterday at the Esperanza military base on the northern tip of the continent’s peninsula. The previous high temperature ever recorded was 63.5°F set on 24th March 2015. Related: Trip Report: Skiing Sunny Antarctica With Ice Axe Expeditions 2019 In a tweet on Friday, […] WeatherBrains | February 8, 2020 0 Comments
An Ice Free Arctic In Our Life Time? Looking Highly Possible An ice-free Arctic is lurking on the horizon, as the global push for climate change awareness and action heats up so are things in the northern regions. Recent studies have predicted a continued reduction of Arctic sea ice until there will be periods throughout the year that it is no longer present. According to research published in the journal, Nature […] Brains Ryan Nadiak | December 4, 2019 0 Comments
Is Climate Change Increasing El Niño Patterns? All eyes have been on the dramatic El Niño patterns that have changed significantly over the past few years. With a severe and unpredictable nature, these natural weather events are trending towards even greater extremes. While there appears to be a connection between El Niño weather and global warming, limited history poses an issue for validation. El Niño means a short-term […] Weather Emily Crofton | December 3, 2019 0 Comments
NOAA: Second Warmest October On Record For The Entire World The NOAA has issued a report claiming that October 2019 was the second warmest October on record – for the entire planet. “The global land and ocean surface temperature departure from average for October 2019 was the second-highest for the month of October in the 140-year NOAA global temperature dataset record, which dates back to 1880. The year-to-date temperature for […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 19, 2019 0 Comments
NOAA: Record High November Temperatures in California There are record high temperatures in parts of California right now. According to NOAA, high temperatures across central California are twelve to fourteen degrees above normal for this time of year. The following information is provided by NOAA as of Tuesday, November 12th. “Record high temperatures have been set at Redding, Red Bluff and Stockton this afternoon.” – NOAA 11/12/19 Redding […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 13, 2019 0 Comments
NOAA: Seeing Red Across The North Pacific Ocean Written by Michelle L’Heureux on Climate.gov The Pacific Ocean is throwing a bit of a temper tantrum these days, but it’s not where you think it might be. Often we focus on the tropical Pacific Ocean because it’s where ENSO takes center stage, but currently, temperature departures across the Tropics are pretty blah. Instead, for the past few months, it’s the North Pacific Ocean […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 25, 2019 0 Comments
Tignes Set To Be The First French Ski Area To Open For The Season Tignes Ski Resort is opening this Saturday, October 19th, and will be the first French ski area to open for the winter season, despite major setbacks with their intended opening date. Tignes is a high altitude resort in the heart of the French Alps and is considered to be one of the best all-year-round resorts in the Alps. With runs […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 17, 2019 1 Comment
NOAA: The Atmosphere and Arctic Sea Ice: Who’s The Dog, and Who’s The Tail? Written by Tom Di Liberto on Climate.gov In recent years, a popular debate has been occurring within the climate community. No, it’s not whether climate change is occurring and caused by humans. (It is.) Instead, it’s regarding how much of an effect, if any, the rapid warming of Earth’s frozen cake-topper we call the Arctic, and the corresponding reduction in […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 8, 2019 0 Comments
Tignes Ski Resort, France Blames Global Warming for Being Unable to Open this Weekend Tignes Ski Resort in France was hoping to open this weekend, but due to poor snow conditions, the resort will not open until snowfall allows. In a strong statement on its website, the resort clearly blames global warming as the reason they are unable to open as expected for the second year in a row. Related: Heatwave Causes Tignes Glacier, France […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 24, 2019 0 Comments
Average Ski Season Length May Be Cut In Half By 2050 Ski season is getting cut shorter every year due to climate change. A new study by the National Snow and Ice Data Center(NSIDC) suggests that if our climate continues to change at its current rate, then warmer winters will mean shorter ski seasons for mountains all over North America. This article gives predictions based on research for average snowfall in the coming decades. Please take into account that […] Weather Martin Kuprianowicz | September 12, 2019 0 Comments
New Study Claims Snowfall Frequency Set to Decline Across the Northwest As temperatures increase, average snowfall frequency is estimated to decline across the Pacific Northwest by the turn of the century, and potentially at an even faster rate if greenhouse emissions are not reduced, according to a new Portland State University study. PSU researchers plotted the projected change in the number of snow days against rain days at 157 SNOTEL stations […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 4, 2019 0 Comments
The Future Of The Ski Industry Is In Jeopardy With consequences of human-driven climate change looming just on the horizon, humankind is faced with a choice: continue down our path of ignorance and hope this environmental mess will all work itself out on its own, or take accountability for our actions and actively work to fix it. Climate change is the long-term change in global or regional conditions, as […] Martin Kuprianowicz | August 23, 2019 0 Comments
Costa Rica Heading Towards Carbon Neutrality with Renewable Energy and Plastic Efforts Costa Rica is setting the example for environmental sustainability, aiming to be the first carbon-free plastic-free country. By the year 2021, just two years away now, Costa Rica hopes to rid itself of all single-use plastics as well as eliminate the use of fossil fuels in their public transport system, and they’re not messing around. In the last 5 years, […] Brains Jack Conroy | July 28, 2019 0 Comments
Scientists Propose Dumping 7.4-TRILLION Tons of Snow on Antarctica to Prevent Ice Sheets Melting A group of scientists are proposing a radical project to dump 7.4-trillion tons of snow on Antarctica to prevent its ice sheets from melting and causing a huge rise in global sea levels. Related: Expedition to Antarctica Hopes to Prove Once and For All That the Earth is Flat Recent studies have shown warmer ocean water is being pushed toward […] Weather WeatherBrains | July 18, 2019 0 Comments
A Lake Has Formed at 11,000-Feet on Mont Blanc | A ‘Truly Alarming’ Sign of Climate Change A mountaineer has discovered a beautiful lake high up in the French Alps, but he warned that the lake’s existence is ‘truly alarming’. Bryan Mestre discovered the lake at an altitude of 11,100ft while climbing in the Mont Blanc mountain range. Related: Mont Blanc, France to Limit the Number of Climbers to Reduce the ‘Thrill Seekers and Dangerous Buffoons’ It’s believed […] Weather WeatherBrains | July 18, 2019 0 Comments
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