As the climate changes and weather warms, the freezing line is shifting, bringing rain to many regions more accustomed to snow.
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Storm Ciarán is the UK’s third named winter storm since September.
An expert explains why the UK’s winter has been relatively calm.
Texas wasn’t prepared to keep the lights on during Winter Storm Uri, and it won’t be ready for future cold weather unless it starts thinking about energy demand as well as supply.
After the transportation crisis this past holiday season, apologies from major airlines, airports and government officials are not enough. It’s time to protect passengers from travel companies.
Despite technological advances, many US schools are still likely to cancel school in the event of a big snowstorm.
Snowstorms that sweep across the Great Lakes can dump several feet of snow on the other side. A climate scientists explains why.
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.
A hurricane that wreaked havoc from Louisiana to New York City, the Texas freeze and devastating western wildfires topped NOAA’s list of billion-dollar disasters in 2021.
Extended periods of rain are most likely found in locations where mountains are near oceans.
Building even more power poles and transmission lines won’t avert outages when major disasters strike.
The Texas electric power market is designed to give energy companies incentive to sell electricity at the lowest possible cost. That focus helps explain why it collapsed during a historic cold wave.
Warm summers aren’t the only threat to Arctic ice – increasingly intense winter storms are also weakening and reducing ice cover.
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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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Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Director, Climate System Research Center and Associate Professor of Climatology, UMass Amherst
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Research Scientist, The University of Texas at Austin
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Higher Education, West Virginia University
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Research fellow, University of Tasmania
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Senior research scientist, Norwegian Polar Institute
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Professor of Climate Science, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor and Director, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Climate scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
