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Volunteers Scramble to Save Thousands of Sea Turtles Following Polar Vortex in Texas
As of last Wednesday, at least 3,500 sea turtles have been rescued from freezing waters in the midst record-breaking winter storm.
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Extreme winter storms aren’t inconsistent with global warming and will continue for decades, expert says
The massive winter storm that buried much of the United States in snow this week is not inconsistent with climate change, a leading expert told Yahoo News.
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What exactly is the polar vortex?
At the start of February 2021, a major snowstorm hit the northeast United States, with some areas receiving well over two feet of snow. Just a few weeks earlier, Spain experienced a historic and deadly snowstorm and dangerously low temperatures. Northern Siberia is no stranger to cold, but in mid-January 2021, some Siberian cities reported temperatures below minus 70 F (minus 56 C). Media headlines hint that the polar vortex has arrived, as if it were some sort of ice tornado that wreaks wintry havoc wherever it strikes.
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Wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes broke all kinds of records in 2020
2020 was a year of unremitting extreme climate events, from heat waves to wildfires to hurricanes, many of which scientists have directly linked to human-caused climate change (SN: 8/27/20). Each event has taken a huge toll in lives lost and damages incurred. As of early October, the United States alone had weathered at least 16 climate- or weather-related disasters each costing more than $1 billion.
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Wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes broke all kinds of records in 2020
2020 was a year of unremitting extreme climate events, from heat waves to wildfires to hurricanes, many of which scientists have directly linked to human-caused climate change (SN: 8/27/20). Each event has taken a huge toll in lives lost and damages incurred. As of early October, the United States alone had weathered at least 16 climate- or weather-related disasters each costing more than $1 billion.
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Climate change: Hurricanes get stronger on land as world warms
North Atlantic hurricanes are retaining far more of their strength when they hit land because of global warming, say scientists. Previously, experts believed these storms died down quickly once they made landfall. But over the past 50 years, the time it takes for hurricanes to dissipate on the coast has almost doubled. Researchers says that climate change gives the storms more energy, which continues to power them over land.
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California nears milestone: 4 million acres burned in fires
California is poised to hit a fearsome milestone: 4 million acres (1.6 million hectares) burned this year by wildfires that have killed 31 people
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We Just Ran Out of Names For Tropical Storms This Year Because 2020
“Get Out the Greek Alphabet For the Rest of 2020,” the National Hurricane Center wrote in a Tweet Friday.
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Hurricanes: A guide to the world's deadliest storms
Guide explaining how hurricanes, typhoons or cyclones form, their effects and how they are measured.
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'Like a scene from Mars': Skies in parts of California turn orange as wildfires rage
Large areas of California have burned for weeks as fires consumed 2.3 million acres, or 20 times what burned all of last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
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Are hurricanes strengthening more rapidly?
Hurricane Laura blew up quickly as it headed for the Louisiana coast, intensifying from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in less than 24 hours. By the time it made it landfall, it was a powerful Category 4 hurricane with 150 mile-per-hour winds. The Atlantic has seen several hurricanes rapidly intensify like this in recent years.
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2 Hurricanes Could Strike U.S. on the Same Day for the First Time in History
Two developing hurricanes may make landfall in the U.S. at the same time. "What are the odds? It has never happened before that two hurricanes made landfall on the same day," said Brent Watts, chief meteorologist at WDBJ. "A tropical storm and a hurricane made landfall at Midnight on Sep. 5, 1933. We'll see how this plays out over the next 5 days."
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First-ever fire tornado warning in California as wildfire rages
Apparently running out of cataclysmic events to throw at us this year, Mother Nature decided to reach deep into her bag of tricks and pull out a Biblical classic: swirling hellfire.
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Death Valley soars to 130 degrees, potentially Earth’s highest temperature since at least 1931
If confirmed, it's the planet's highest temperature ever measured in August and third highest any time.
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Typhoons Getting Stronger, Making Landfall More Often - Eos
New research shows a growing threat from Pacific storms amid climate change.
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Advances in weather prediction
"Modern 72-hour predictions of hurricane tracks are more accurate than 24-hour forecasts were 40 years ago."
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A Disastrous Summer in the Arctic
Record heat is hastening the dissolution of Siberian permafrost, perennially frozen ground that, when thawed, unleashes greenhouse gases and dramatically destabilizes the land.
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A Siberian town hit 100 degrees, setting a new record for the Arctic Circle
Verkhoyansk’s high temperature, which has yet to be confirmed, follows a six-month period of record heat in the region.
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Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are becoming stronger, according to a new NOAA study
It is becoming increasingly evident that hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones worldwide are becoming stronger and potentially more deadly as the globe warms due to the climate crisis, according to a new study.
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The Arctic Is Unraveling as a Massive Heat Wave Grips the Region
It wouldn’t be spring in the climate change era without a massive heat wave in the Arctic.