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Happy December Solstice
The December solstice marks the sun's southernmost point for the year - winter for us in the Northern Hemisphere - summer for friends south of the equator.
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The complex wrath of the Ozone hole over Antarctica
"Through its influence on atmospheric circulation, [the ozone hole] has helped to shield the Antarctic continent from much of the effect of global warming over the past half century. (Robinson & Erickson, 2014)". That’s not a sentence I expected to read in a scientific paper. Most of us probably don’t think about the ozone hole that much anymore, except maybe to remember to wear a bit more sunscreen if you’re on vacation in Australia. But a new review paper – a really phenomenal...
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California drought most severe in 1,200 years, study says
Californians are living through the most severe three-year drought in the last 1,200 years, according to a new study published this week in an American Geophysical Union journal.
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Super Typhoon Hagupit to lash Philippines for 3 days with flooding and high winds
If there's one thing the Philippines do not need, it's another super typhoon. Parts of the country, particularly the island of Samar, are still picking up the pieces after last year's devastating Super Typhoon Haiyan, which was one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall anywhere. While Super Typhoon Hagupit, which is also known as Ruby in the Philippines, will not strike with nearly the same ferocity, it presents a deadly array of threats to the Philippines, including its densely...
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Bad weather and pests ruin Italy's olive harvest
Bad weather and pests have devastated much of Italy's olive harvest this year, meaning the much sought-after oil is only going to get pricier. But Pamela Sheldon Johns, an olive oil producer, says there is some room for optimism. Rumours began circulating in October that other artisanal producers here in southern Tuscany weren't picking the olives this year.
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Climate change is an obvious myth – how much more evidence do you need?
Dean Burnett: Many people just refuse to accept the facts that surround them, even if we saw 100 more years of it plain and apparent...
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The view from inside Ralph Wilson Stadium on Friday morning.
Image of Buffalo Bills Stadium Nov. 21,2014. Image comes from Buffalo Bills Twitter account.
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Snow Emergency: Six Dead, 100+ Trapped in Monster Winter Storm
Troopers in all-terrain vehicles and rescue crews working without sleep set out Wednesday to reach drivers trapped in a ferocious winter storm that dumped more than 5 feet of snow outside Buffalo, New York — with plenty more on the way.
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Surfers embrace snow storm to ride Lake Erie
Not even a blizzard can stop some people from carving out a killer wave, brah. Despite freezing temperatures and massive snowfall that rocked upstate New York earlier this week, athletes Kevin Cullen and Christian Edie of WNY Expeditioners made the dangerous decision to surf Lake Erie's bodacious waves on Tuesday in Sunset Bay, New York.
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Snowstorms, Frigid Temps Hammer Half of the U.S.; Death Toll Reaches 5
Snowstorms and record low temperatures whacked much of the country this week -- and there's more coming Wednesday.
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NY State Thruway south of Buffalo,LakeEffect snow off Lake Erie.
Picture from the New York State Police.
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In 49 states, It's Below Freezing in at Least One Spot
Cold temperatures across the U.S. are highly unusual for November. Great Lakes area gets heavy lake-effect snow.
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Lake-Effect Snow Pummels New York, Closes Thruway
Parts of New York are measuring the season's first big snowfall in feet, rather than inches, as nearly 3 feet blanketed the Buffalo area Tuesday, forcing the closure of a 105-mile stretch of the state Thruway. The Thruway Authority says white-out conditions have closed Interstate 90.
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Obama Puts Australia's Climate-Denying Prime Minister on the Spot
Climate change was maybe the last thing Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott wanted to focus on at this weekend's G-20 summit with the world's largest economies. As the host of the G-20 talks, Abbott wanted to discuss only "economic security" and "private-sector led growth," and refused to include climate change in that conversation in the formal agenda. This was expected behavior for Abbott, a leader with an abysmal record on climate change and who helped repeal Australia's carbon tax.
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CBS News Ignores Facts to Breathlessly Report on "Polar Vortex"
CBS News, not exactly a bastion of accuracy to begin with, is making a mockery of itself with its inaccurate and shamefully overblown reporting of the upcoming cold snap as a "massive polar vortex" that will "impact hundreds of millions of people." 'Tis the season.
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The 'Catatumbo Lightning': Venezuela's Eternal Storm
When Venezuelan environmentalist Erik Quiroga was five years old, his mum showed him a spot on the horizon where magnificent lights appeared from a huge storm most nights, about 40 miles from his hometown of Valera at the foot of the Andes.
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earth
A visualization of global weather conditions, forecast by supercomputers and updated every three hours.
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Met Office supercomputer confirmed
Funding has been confirmed for a £97m supercomputer to improve the Met Office's weather forecasting and climate modelling. The facility will work 13 times faster than the current system, enabling detailed, UK-wide forecast models with a resolution of 1.5km to be run every single hour, rather than every three.
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What's Up With That: People Feel the Weather in Their Bones
When I was younger, my grandma would occasionally issue solemn prophesies for rain. These declarations would come after she’d spent a few minutes rubbing her arthritic wrists. With a pensive gaze, she’d credit the prediction to her aching joints. Could science have an answer for why some people seem to feel the weather in their bones?
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Britain buys supercomputer to get better weather forecasts
Britain's Met Office has been given the green light to build a £97m supercomputer, which will help the weather service to provide better forecasts.
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