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Welcome to “Eye on the Storm” … Weather Underground Co-Founder Dr. Jeff Masters and his long-time meteorologist and writer colleague, Bob Henson, now are both regular contributors to Yale Climate Connections, offering the kinds of timely and authoritative weather and climate analyses that have gained them many thousands of followers worldwide.
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The top 10 global weather and climate change events of 2021
Jan 11, 2022 · [en Español] The year 2021 made an indelible mark in the annals of weather history. Not only did it feature the most extreme heat wave in history – the late June heat wave over western North America that smashed all-time records by unprecedented margins – it also had four weather mega-disasters costing over $20 billion each, tied with 2017 for the most such disasters on record.
How climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous
Jul 8, 2019 · Are hurricanes producing more rain? When it comes to the link between a warming world and weather, one of the most well-understood and robust connections is increased rainfall. Simply put, the warmer the air is, the more moisture it can hold and the more rain it produces.
How to talk about climate change: Ask questions
Nov 17, 2021 · Obstacles to starting conversations about climate change. More Americans than ever are alarmed about climate change, but those of us who are worrying about the problem tend to do so quietly.In fact, two in three Americans say they “rarely” or “never” discuss global warming with friends and family, according to a nationally representative survey conducted in March 2021.
What the latest science says about Antarctica and sea-level rise
Feb 23, 2022 · If the Earth’s temperature were to rise to 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 F) above pre-industrial levels, a third of Antarctica’s ice shelves could become destabilized and would be at risk of collapse, according to an April 2021 paper in Geophysical Research Letters. About 193,000 square miles (500,000 square kilometers) of these ice shelves — an area slightly smaller than California and South ...
Climate change and droughts: What’s the connection?
May 11, 2023 · The percent chance that the historical average (1865-2016) elevation of snowpack in each Sierra Nevada subregion will retreat given a 1 C (1.8 F) increase in average winter air temperature.
What is ‘climate justice’? - Yale Climate Connections
Jul 29, 2020 · Generally, many victims of climate change also have disproportionately low responsibility for causing the emissions responsible for climate change in the first place – particularly youth or people of any age living in developing countries that produce fewer emissions per capita than is the case in the major polluting countries.
How plastics contribute to climate change
Aug 20, 2019 · In 2015, Texas A&M graduate student Christine Figgener recorded a video of her colleagues removing a straw lodged in a turtle’s nostril. The video went viral, inspiring people to take action. Since then, “skip the straw, save a turtle” has become a slogan for people determined to decrease their plastics use.