Arctic Sea Ice Fails to Refreeze by Late October, Setting a New Record
The Laptev Sea still hasn't refrozen, setting a new record for the latest delay in ice formation the sea has ever experienced. (Smithsonian Magazine)
Tag: "Department of Atmospheric Science"
As Colorado wildfires burn, fears that climate change is causing “multi-level emergency” mount
The record-breaking forest fires burning in Colorado are the latest sign climate warming is hitting the West hard, causing scientists to up their rhetoric and warn it is past time to move beyond planning and start aggressively acting. (Denver Post)
Current wildfire activity rare for Colorado in October
“We are seeing very unusual climate behavior and weather behavior that we don’t typically see this time of year,” said Becky Bolinger, Assistant State Climatologist with the Colorado Climate Center at CSU. (9News)
A climate scientist's up-close personal encounter with a nearby record-setting Colorado wildfire
Never before in my lifetime has the entire tundra-to-prairie burned like this. Compare the sizes of the recent fire scars to the ones on this map from earlier years. (Yale Climate Connections)
Colorado wildfire erupts amid deepening drought, forcing evacuations in Boulder County
According to the Colorado Climate Center, from 1992 to 2015 it was unheard of for large wildfires of more than 11,000 acres to ignite in the Rocky Mountain state so late in the year. (Washington Post)
Record Drought Puts Colorado Farmers And Ranchers On The Front Line Of Climate Change
Colorado has had three consecutive summers “with really no monsoon,” Schumacher said, and the last three monsoon seasons have been the worst three on record for western Colorado. (Colorado Public Radio)
Steamboat, northern mountains have the best chance of snow this ski season
Steamboat has reason to be “optimistic,” according to Russ Schumacher, the Colorado state climatologist and director of the Colorado Climate Center. (Denver Post)
The unlikely birthplace of the most destructive hurricanes
Among the nine hurricanes of 2020, four – including the two most powerful storms Laura and Teddy – can be traced back to Africa, where the seeds for their destructive power were first laid. (BBC)
State firmly in drought’s grip at end of 2020 water year
As of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor update issued Thursday, more than 99% of Colorado was in some level of drought, and most of the Western Slope was in at least extreme drought. (Daily Sentinel)
Prolonged drought results in record-low flows on Animas River
Becky Bollinger, a research associate with the Colorado Climate Center, said 2020’s water year was the third-driest on record, behind only the infamous drought years of 2002 and 2018. (Durango Herald)