Earlier this year I was watching Dennis Quaid alert the globe to a massive frozen hurricane descending from the arctic in the totally scientific film The Day after Tomorrow, when I saw a news headline that caught my eye: “A Bill Gates Venture Aims To Spray Dust Into The Atmosphere To Block The Sun. What… Read More Reflecting Sunlight: Climate change solution or setback?
Are you performing your snow dance? Putting trail maps in the freezer, turning your pajamas inside out, throwing ice cubes out the window? As we enter the new year and ski resorts start opening and churning out snow, rumblings of La Niña are circulating the ski community. This complex natural climate pattern over the Pacific… Read More La Niña: Goddess of snow or 2020 disappointment?
Let me start off by saying there is not enough wine in the world to cope with this month, let alone this year *pours rest of bottle for good measure*. However, this isn’t news. Hurricane Sally is. As I type, the category 2 hurricane made landfall over Gulf Shores, Alabama early this morning with sustained… Read More Hurricanes in A Warmer World: What’s happening with slow Sally?
Happy quarantine everyone – like most of us I write this from home, perched on a couch with my hand stuck in a bag of popcorn in perpetual snack-mode. As many millennials have done, I left my lonely one bedroom apartment for my parents’ home where I can quarantine with free food and some much… Read More Debunking the Seasonality of COVID-19
*Originally published by Kim Frauhammer in the Washington Post on 11/08/2019* The Great Lakes water levels broke records this past July and August, with some basins experiencing the highest levels ever recorded since 1918. Unusually high water has plagued their shores this year, causing beach erosion and disappearing waterfronts. Even as we head into the… Read More Great Lakes water levels are ‘greater’ than ever: Here’s why
Spooky month is nearly over across the United States, yet fall leaves and pumpkins have been overshadowed by snow and smoke across the West. Incredibly dangerous fires have continued to blaze across Southern California, while record-breaking snow has fallen across much of Colorado and the Rockies. As someone who just moved to the mile-high state,… Read More Fire and Ice: Extremes across the West
NOAA recently released its 2018 global temperature summary and the results are in: 2018 was officially the fourth warmest year on record since 1880. The past five years as a whole also rank as the warmest in modern history. Measurements show that the Earth has seen a global temperature increase of about 1.44 degrees F… Read More Why the Arctic is Warming Faster than the Rest of the World – And what is up with the melting ice?
Weather is not Climate: And here’s why. Recent cold snaps and winter storms have taken over the news media with some claiming, “How can global warming be happening when it’s below zero?!” The answer is that the long-term warming trend results in both hot and cold short-term temperature extremes and this article will explain how.… Read More Weather is not Climate: and where The Polar Vortex fits in
