je.st
news
Tag: blizzards
The surprising way that climate change could worsen East Coast blizzards
2016-01-25 21:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: As the East Coast digs out from the enormous snowfalls of Winter Storm Jonas, a prominent climate scientist has drawn a provocative connection between the storm, warm ocean temperatures off the U.S. and a slowdown of ocean circulation in the North Atlantic that may also be behind a much discussed cold blob to the southeast of Greenland. People have thought, you get this cold blob, and its going to maybe affect Britain, says Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research,...
Tags: change
east
coast
climate
Is Climate Change Causing Frequent Blizzards?
2016-01-24 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: Travel bans have lifted, snowplows are running, and residents on the East Coast are beginning to dig themselves out from under the worst winter storm in years. As the sky clears, residents are once again questioning why the number of blizzards is increasing and if it has something to do with climate change. The answer: yes and no. For anyone denying #climatechange because of #blizzard2016. pic.twitter.com/cnOCOqLlR2 -- T.J. Raphael (@TJRaphael) January 23, 2016 The number of blizzards...
Tags: change
causing
frequent
climate
The Future of Epic Blizzards in a Warming World
2016-01-23 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: In case you haven't heard, Washington, D.C., and other parts of the Mid-Atlantic region, are about to get walloped by a major storm that could bury the city in a record-breaking amount of snow. The storm is expected to bring snows that could top 2 feet in the D.C. area and has already resulted in thousands of cancelled flights. While snows may not be quite as impressive further north, the storm's fierce winds could whip up significant coastal flooding. Part of the reason this Snowzilla storm...
Tags: world
future
warming
epic
Why Big Blizzards In Winter Dont Disprove Global Warming
2016-01-22 18:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Another epic blizzard threatens 50 million people on the East Coast, with a bulls-eye on Washington DC. And leading climatologists again explain how human-induced climate change, especially warming-fueled ocean temperatures, are super-charging the amount of moisture in the atmosphere the storm will dump on us. First, though, I think the name, Winter Storm Jonas, doesn`t do justice to this blizzard, especially since the Jonas brothers are a pretty harmless pop rock band. I`m suggesting the name,...
Tags: big
global
winter
warming
Northeast hit blizzards, cold, after record snow
2015-02-16 04:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Northeast struggled to dig out on Sunday from the latest in a series of winter storms that made February the snowiest month in Boston's history, but bitter cold and huge drifts hampered the effort. Blizzard conditions forced the cancellation of more than 1,800 U.S. airline flights, most of them into and out of airports in Boston and New York, where wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour (97 kph) were predicted. Temperatures are 25 to 30 degrees (14 to 17 degrees Celsius) below normal...