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New study suggests an increase in dust could be accelerating the melting of snow on the ice sheet during the warm season. […]

Released by nonpartisan Risky Business Project, report is first to quantify potential damage to U.S. economy from climate change. […]

Despite a general downward trend, last month the Great Lakes had almost twice as much average ice concentration as in any other April on record. […]

Historically slow start to tornado season has scientists searching for an explanation. […]

Research on the glaciers has increased in recent years, but there are still many challenges to collecting data there. […]

Although models have become more sophisticated, they still have limitations that make forecasting ENSO events challenging. […]

A number of factors, including cold temperatures and drought conditions, could be contributing to low tornado numbers so far this March. […]

Then check out this remarkable visual created by Dr. Joanna Boehnert (a visiting fellow at CIRES) and posted on her Ecolabs blog: Here’s how Dr. Boehnert describes the graphic: The poster illustrates relationships between prominent actors and major organizations participating … Continue reading → […]

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Off to a good start… The Weather Channel and its host Marshall Shepherd launched their new Sunday noontime series, WXGeeks, yesterday, amidst a fair amount of fanfare, generating considerable media interest (see, e.g., the Eric Holthaus piece in Slate). The … Continue reading → […]