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Vernal Equinox: Science Behind the First Day of Spring
March 20, 2015 is the Vernal Equinox, which is more commonly known as the First Day of Spring.
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Rainbows
Learn about light separation and different rainbow variations in the Rainbows
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Earth had warmest winter on record
The Earth just had its warmest December-January on record, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Wednesday.
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Strongest MJO Event on Record Boosts El Niño Odds
The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a pattern of increased thunderstorm activity near the Equator that moves around the globe in 30 - 60 days, and has many important impacts on weather patterns world-wide.
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Boston snowfall tops 9 feet, breaking city's all-time record
Boston’s brutal winter officially became its snowiest on Sunday. The beleaguered city had received a seasonal total of 108.6 inches by evening, the National Weather Service said, breaking Boston’s old record of 107.6 inches set during the winter of 1995-96. Sunday’s 2.9 inches didn’t stop Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, although according to local media, the buildup of snow on side streets did cause parade organizers to shorten the route.
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Icebergs are washing up on Cape Cod
A brutal winter’s worth of snow and ice is washing up on the beaches of Cape Cod in the form of enormous, iceberg-like boulders.
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Global Warming Could Hit Rates Unseen in 1,000 Years
We are standing on the edge of a new world where warming is poised to accelerate at rates unseen for at least 1,000 years. That’s the main finding of a paper published Monday in Nature Climate Change, which looked at the rate of temperature change over 40-year periods. The new research also shows that the Arctic, North America and Europe will be the first regions to transition to a new climate, underscoring the urgent need for adaptation planning.
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Sniffing out origins of methane: instrument identifies methane's origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide in its capacity to trap heat in Earth's atmosphere for a long time. The gas can originate from lakes and swamps, natural-gas pipelines, deep-sea vents, and livestock. Understanding the sources of methane, and how the gas is formed, could give scientists a better understanding of its role in warming the planet.
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NOAA: Elusive El Niño arrives
Forecasters predict it will stay weak, have little influence on weather and climate
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Flooding in Madagascar Capital Kills at Least 14
At least 14 people died in flooding Friday in the Madagascan capital Antananarivo after a night of torrential rain caused dams to burst, rescue services said. About 24,000 people were driven from their homes in the floods and several neighbourhoods in the Indian Ocean island nation.
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Why Alaska Is Warmer Than the Continental U.S.
Over the past week or so, I've posted several comments and links talking about how warm it is in Alaska relative to the East Coast. Here's a decent explanation for why that's happening.
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Niagara Falls Frozen: Amazing Pictures Show Waterfall Draped In Sheets Of Solid Ice
Niagara Falls has frozen over as arctic temperatures have taken hold across the Great Lakes, creating an amazing sight that’s generating some viral photos.
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Summerside Man Digs Snow Tunnel to Car
As winds blew with hurricane force and snow continued to fall Monday, a man in Summerside, P.E.I., decided the best way to his car was to dig a tunnel.
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Science Behind the Weather Words
Thundersnow and Weather Bombs: Unusual terms explained
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New England Gets Blast of Cold After Historic Snowfalls
Frigid cold nips at New England after the region's fourth winter storm in a month blew through, piling another foot of snow on top of two-metre-high mounds in Boston, and forecasters said another winter blast might hit midweek.
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How to Survive Winter in Antarctica
The last flight out of the South Pole until November departed on Friday. How do the people left behind cope with months of endless darkness and sub-zero temperatures?
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Boston has its Snowiest Month on Record
Boston's winter is one for the record books. After yet another blizzard, the city has its snowiest month since 1872, when record keeping started.
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NYC braces for coldest day in two decades
The Big Apple will be more like the Big Icebox this weekend. An arctic cold front packing dangerous winds of up to 60 mph could make it feel like it’s 20 below zero by Sunday — the coldest wind-chill factor since 1993’s “Storm of the Century,” forecasters warned. “You better snuggle up,” AccuWeather meteorologist Tom Kines said, noting the arctic blast will blow through after another snowstorm slams the already hard-hit Northeast this weekend.
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Iconic graph at center of climate debate
The 'Hockey Stick' graph, a simple plot representing temperature over time, led to the center of the larger debate on climate change, and skewed the trajectory of at least one researcher, according to Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology, Penn State.
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Sandstorm Roars Through Middle East
A heavy sandstorm roared through the Middle East, affecting regions like Gaza, Egypt and Israel on February 11, disrupting the traffic and function at airports in the cities.
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