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