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Eastern U.S. sees warm Christmas, winter storm looms for Plains

2015-12-25 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Much of the U.S. East Coast basked in unseasonable warmth on Christmas Day with record high temperatures set or tied in several cities, including New York, even as a tornado hit Alabama and a major winter storm loomed for the southern Rockies and Great Plains. The twister in Birmingham, Alabama, late on Friday afternoon damaged several homes, uprooted trees and caused a handful of minor injuries, police and weather officials reported. National Weather Service meteorologist Jody Aaron said the...

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As Climate Change Imperils Winter, the Ski Industry Frets

2015-12-24 14:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: The typical scene at New England ski resorts over Christmas vacation--madhouses filled with students as young as 2 or 3 packing onto bunny hills while parents head to higher elevations for their first runs of the season--has been replaced by a sobering reminder that climate change is already taking a bite out of winter. Most mountains in the northeast this December are covered in brown, not white. Killington Ski Resort in central Vermont has 24 of its 155 trails open. Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine...

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Hoping for an average US winter? Forget it

2015-12-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: As one of the warmest U.S. winters moves into the new year, nothing will change the pattern unless the polar vortex unexpectedly invades the country from the Arctic, meteorologists said. With home heating demand running 20 percent below normal, January through March would need to be as cold as early 2014 to make this an average winter, according to federal data. Last year the fast moving current of air encircling the Arctic, called the polar vortex, moved down from Canada, causing the coldest U.S....

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Unusual winter has millennials concerned about climate change

2015-12-23 13:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Unusual weather is dominating the conversation on social media for the holidays, especially among millennials, who are increasingly concerned about climate change. Yik Yak, a location-based mobile app popular with millennials, surveyed its audience and found nearly 70 percent are worried about climate change. More than a quarter of them say their concern has grown due to the unusual winter weather this year. In New York City, 65-degree-plus weather is predicted for Christmas Day, potentially...

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