Opening Day for Northern Hemisphere Ski Season is 4 Days Away Ruka and Levi ski areas have set October 4 as their opening day for the 2024-25 winter season. This marks the start of the northern hemisphere non-glacial ski season, which is four days away. Ruka and Levi are typically the first non-glacier ski resorts to open in the Northern Hemisphere. Ruka’s ski season lasts more than 200 days, making it […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 30, 2024 0 Comments
Snow Falls on Both Sides of the Planet as the Seasons Change On the week the seasons changed, both sides of the globe received snowfall. Related: Which Ski Resort Will Open First This Year? #RaceToOpen Ski areas in the southern hemisphere saw snowfall in Australia as winter turned to spring. In the northern hemisphere, snow began falling across North America on ski resorts in the PNW, British Columbia, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming […] SnowBrains | September 27, 2021 0 Comments
Eruption Of An Alaskan Volcano Linked To Extreme Cold In Ancient Rome An eruption of Alaskan Volcano over 2,000 years ago is being linked to extremes cold in Ancient Rome. A new study from the Desert Research Institute demonstrated through the analysis of volcanic ash found in the Arctic ice cores that a period of extreme climate in the Mediterranean was provoked by the eruption of Alaska’s Okmok Volcano in 43BCE. Early […] Brains Sebastian Opazo | June 26, 2020 0 Comments
Scientists Accurately Measure Northern Hemisphere Snow Mass From Space Researchers at the Finnish Meteorological Institute and Environment and Climate Change Canada have developed a method to more accurately measure snow mass by reducing the error margins of various observations through determined data from satellite observations, measurements made from the ground, and computer modeling.ย Warming surface temperatures have driven a substantial reduction in the extent and duration of the Northern […] Brains Sebastian Opazo | June 25, 2020 2 Comments
NOAA: Summer 2019 Was Hottest On Record for Northern Hemisphere Brought to you by the NOAA Scorching temperatures around the world last month tied August 2019 as the second hottest August on record and capped off the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer (June through August), tied with 2016. The heat also impacted Arctic sea ice coverage, shrinking it to the second smallest for the month on record. Related: NOAA: July 2019 […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 17, 2019 0 Comments