Places and Things

Earth Hasn’t Warmed This Fast in Tens of Millions of Years Scientists just completed one of the most comprehensive investigations of Earth’s climate history—and the findings aren’t favorable. They found that the planet could eventually warm to levels it hasn’t reached in at least 34 million years. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-hasnt-warmed-this-fast-in-tens-of-millions-of-years/

Temperatures as much as 30 to 50 degrees below normal are entering the Northern Plains as we close out the workweek. Through the weekend, brutal conditions you might expect in a frigid January overtake the central portion of the country, from the Mexican to the Canadian borders. from https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/03/01/brutal-arctic-air-mass-is-about-take-over-united-states/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/ksrkbGUSkGlTQ81Uq3Jm73Nx0b0=/1100x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XRZWXYWVLFEERO3QO3R53PO4JQ.gif

Think recent climate disasters have been bad? Just wait, researchers at the University of Hawaii predicted Monday. from https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/climate-change-going-make-life-earth-whole-lot-worse-report-n938101 https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2018_47/2651861/181119-hurricane-florence-north-carolina-floding-cs-234p_1c05fafaa04553c2e1d0977b8a1fa568.fit-760w.jpg

https://t.co/3jLE5AE5or : Extreme weather events linked to climate change impact on the jet stream. https://t.co/4y0PQfRWsC — Mike (@mikezmac) March 28, 2017