Snowstorms that sweep across the Great Lakes can dump several feet of snow on the other side. A climate scientists explains why.
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Extreme downpours brought deadly flooding to the Appalachian region, just a few weeks after the destructive Yellowstone River flood.
It’s hard to get accurate measurements, but a nationwide network of more than 8,000 volunteers with rulers and specific standards reports after every storm.
New climate simulations show that there will be more rain and less snow falling in the Arctic by the end of the century, particularly in the fall and winter.
Southern Québec is warming twice as rapidly as the rest of the world due to the progressive loss of snow cover. An average annual warming of 3 C to 6 C is expected by the end of the century.
Greenland’s glaciers have retreated so far that they can no longer support the ice sheet that feeds them. The ice sheet system has reached a new normal of consistent annual ice loss.
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Associate Teaching Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science and Manager of the Joel N. Myers Weather Center, Penn State
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Associate Director, Climate System Research Center and Associate Professor of Climatology, UMass Amherst
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Professeure titulaire, Groupe de recherche HC3 - Hydrologie Climat & Changement Climatique, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
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Professeur titulaire, groupe de recherche HC3 - Hydrologie Climat & Changements Climatiques, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
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Postdoctoral Climate Science Researcher, The Ohio State University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University
