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Your chance to quiz meteorologists Jeff Masters and Bob Henson - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Apr 17) |
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Apr 17 · In a webinar on April 19, we'll explore how climate organizations are currently using storytelling in their work, the impacts of these stories, and lessons learned from other movements. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Jeff Masters and Bob Henson will soon face off in what promises to be the extreme weather trivia showdown of the year. The two meteorologists have agreed to compete in a contest - hosted by meteorologist Alexandra Steele - in which they’ll answer extreme weather trivia questions, ... Read more ... |
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Forecasters expect slow start to U.S. wildfire season - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Apr 16) |
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Apr 16 · In a webinar on April 19, we'll explore how climate organizations are currently using storytelling in their work, the impacts of these stories, and lessons learned from other movements. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections After a wet winter, forecasters predict a slow start to the 2024 wildfire season in much of the United States. The Great Basin and Southwest may see elevated activity starting this summer. However, a likely midsummer shift in the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, a global climate pattern marked by changes in Pacific Ocean temperatures, adds significant uncertainty ... Read more ... |
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Earth just had its warmest March on record - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Apr 12) |
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Apr 12 · In a webinar on April 19, we'll explore how climate organizations are currently using storytelling in their work, the impacts of these stories, and lessons learned from other movements. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The third month of 2024 was Earth’s warmest March since global record-keeping began in 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported April 12. Global weather agencies were in agreement on the March record. NASA placed March at 1.62 degrees ... Read more ... |
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Forecasters predict an extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Apr 4) |
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Apr 4 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections An extremely active Atlantic hurricane season is likely in 2024, the Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane forecasting team says in its latest seasonal forecast, issued April 4. Led by Dr. Phil Klotzbach, with co-authors Dr. Michael Bell, Alexander DesRosiers, and Levi Silvers, the CSU team is calling for 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes, five major hurricanes, and an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) of 210 (171% of average). In comparison, the long-term averages for ... Read more ... |
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Atlantic hurricanes to be given both first and last names - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Apr 1) |
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Apr 1 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In a stunning move, the National Hurricane Center announced today that they will give Atlantic hurricanes both first names and last names beginning the hurricane season of 2024. At a press conference today, National Hurricane Center director of public affairs, April Furst, said: “The decision to give hurricanes both first and last names comes in response to the critically low number of names beginning with the letter “I” in the rotating list of names. One reason ... Read more ... |
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After a hurricane or wildfire, communities can be overwhelmed by debris - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Mar 27) |
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Mar 27 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections After a hurricane, flood, or wildfire, communities face a long process of rebuilding. But in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, there’s a lot of debris lying around - sometimes more waste than a community would typically produce all year. Townsend: “You get buildings that are destroyed. You get lots and lots of earth and trees and other debris which now need to be cleaned up and moved somewhere.” Timothy Townsend is an environmental engineer at the University of Florida. He says some of this debris can be dangerous. For ... Read more ... |
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New warning system could save lives during wildfires - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Mar 26) |
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Mar 26 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The biggest wildfire outside of Alaska in modern U.S. history recently tore a 100-mile-long, 20-mile-wide gash across the northeast Texas Panhandle and extreme western Oklahoma, destroying more than 500 structures and killing two people. Despite its horror, the fire served as a valuable test for a collaborative warning process that’s shaving precious minutes off the time needed to warn and evacuate residents. The Smokehouse Creek Fire, which began on February 26, ... Read more ... |
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We just had the warmest February on record - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Mar 14) |
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Mar 14 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The second month of 2024 was Earth’s warmest February since global record-keeping began in 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported Mar. 14. The December-February period (summer in the Southern Hemisphere, winter in the Northern Hemisphere) was also the warmest on record. Global weather agencies were in agreement on the February record, including NASA, which placed February at 1.67 degrees Celsius (3.01 °F) above the 1880-1899 ... Read more ... |
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Video game teaches teens to stay calm in a weather emergency - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Mar 7) |
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Mar 7 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections By playing a new video game, teens are learning how to navigate various weather disasters and how to stay calm - even amid confusion and chaos. Lee: “The game is really all about, throughout the process, saying 'I can do this.’” Jane Lee is with I-Thrive Games. Her company partnered with FEMA to create “Disaster Mind,” a simulation video game that prepares teens for extreme events, which are becoming more common with climate change. In the game, Disaster Mind players choose to face down a blizzard, wildfire, or flood - either at home alone ... Read more ... |
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As seas rise, task force recommends new bridges for Outer Banks island - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Mar 4) |
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Mar 4 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections North Carolina’s Highway 12 is the only road to the beach towns on Hatteras Island, part of the state’s Outer Banks. But in recent years, storms have repeatedly pushed seawater and sand across the road - blocking some parts and isolating these communities. Outten: “Everything that goes on or off Hatteras Island has to go down Highway 12.” Bobby Outten is the county manager for Dare County, North Carolina. In 2011, Hurricane Irene cut the highway in two spots, forcing Hatteras residents to depend on a ferry to reach the mainland for ... Read more ... |
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Climate change could shorten the life span of U.S. bridges - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Feb 29) |
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Feb 29 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The U.S. has more than 600,000 bridges, and they’re not made to last forever. Mahmoud: “They’re designed for a specific amount of time, usually 75 years. That’s a typical design service life for bridges.” Hussam Mahmoud is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. He says elements of a bridge - from footings and foundations to beams and girders - are expected to deteriorate over time. And he says climate change can accelerate that process. Rising seas and heavy ... Read more ... |
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What’s behind this winter’s U.S. snow drought? - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Feb 26) |
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Feb 26 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections It’s not that the United States has been entirely bereft of snow during what’s likely to end up as the nation’s warmest winter on record. But for most of the traditionally snowy swaths from the northern Great Plains to the Northeast, there’s been a startling lack of winter storms in 2023-24. The result: widespread bare ground in midwinter and what could end up being some all-time lows for seasonal snowfall. On top of that, there have been a couple of bizarre cases ... Read more ... |
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Why it’s so important to stay out of floodwaters - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Feb 20) |
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Feb 20 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections As spring arrives, so does a higher risk of floods from heavy rain, and every year, dozens of U.S. residents die in flood disasters. To stay safe during a flood, the most important thing to do is keep far away from the water. Stay tuned for warnings and evacuation alerts. And if an evacuation order is given, try to disconnect your utilities and appliances before leaving for higher ground. If you’re driving and encounter a flooded road, do not try to drive through it. Most flood deaths in the U.S. occur in cars. If you’re at home and ... Read more ... |
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A rare bird in the South Atlantic: Tropical Storm Akará - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Feb 19) |
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Feb 19 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The only ocean basin on Earth that does not regularly see tropical cyclones develop is the South Atlantic, but it had a rare tropical storm form on Sunday night. Tropical Depression 01Q was designated by the Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center at 7 a.m. EST Sunday and by 7 p.m., it had been upgraded to Tropical Storm Akará, with top sustained winds estimated at 40 mph and a central pressure of 1000 millibars. NOAA’s Office of Satellite and Product Operations was also ... Read more ... |
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How to prepare for an evacuation - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Feb 16) |
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Feb 16 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections When hurricanes or wildfires strike, it’s important to be able to evacuate quickly. Having a plan in place ahead of time can make all the difference. Before an emergency hits, sign up for text message alerts from your local emergency management office so you get information in real-time. When extreme weather is predicted, pack a bag with essential items, such as medications and important documents. And make sure your car is fully charged or gassed up. If you don’t have a car, check with your local emergency management office about how ... Read more ... |
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Last month was the world’s warmest January on record - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Feb 14) |
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Feb 14 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections January 2024 was Earth’s warmest January since global record-keeping began in 1850 and was also the planet’s second-wettest January on record, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported Feb. 14. NASA also rated January 2024 as the warmest January on record, 1.44 degrees Celsius (2.59 °F) above the 1880-1899 period, which is its best estimate for when preindustrial temperatures occurred. This beat the previous record from January 2016 ... Read more ... |
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Chile’s wildfire death toll rises above 130 - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Feb 6) |
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Feb 6 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections [Leer en español] The death toll from the horrific February 2-3 fires near the coastal city of Viña del Mar, Chile, has risen to 123, with over 300 people missing. Over 14,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed with damage in the billions. According to statistics from EM-DAT, the international disaster database, this makes the fires the fifth-deadliest worldwide since 1900. The fires were stoked by near-record warm temperatures that have affected central ... Read more ... |
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'Everything was messed up’: NYC’s day cares grapple with flooding - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Feb 2) |
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Feb 2 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In 2021, heavy rains flooded Yolanda Miguel’s Brooklyn, New York, home – and the home-based day care facility she runs. Miguel: “Everything was messed up. Everything get wet. We have to throw everything out … all the toys, mats. … I was devastated at the beginning, but we have to keep on going.” Miguel is one of more than 2,000 licensed child care providers in New York City who operate out of homes with basements or cellars. Many of those providers use that basement space for classrooms, offices, and storage. But as climate change brings ... Read more ... |
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Many municipal fire departments aren’t prepared for climate change - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Feb 1) |
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Feb 1 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections As the climate warms, large, intense wildfires are growing more common and spreading into new areas. In the past year, major fires have ravaged parts of eastern Canada, Louisiana, and Hawaii … Maxwell: “…where local firefighters …. they’re fighting fire at a scale that they’ve just not experienced before.” Kent Maxwell is the fire and forestry coordinator for Colorado Firecamp, a wildland firefighter school in Salida, Colorado. He says wildland firefighting requires special tactics - like cutting trees and digging trenches to slow a fire’s ... Read more ... |
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Will La Niña return this fall? The tea leaves are unusually strong - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Jan 31) |
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Jan 31 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Seasonal forecasting experts at NOAA and elsewhere are more confident than usual that La Niña conditions will develop by mid-to-late 2024. If so, it would mark the fourth year out of five that La Niña has prevailed. It would also raise a number of red flags, including enhanced risks of widespread U.S. drought and a rip-roaring Atlantic hurricane season. El Niño and La Niña are rooted in large-scale warmings and coolings, respectively, of the sea surface across the ... Read more ... |
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A record 63 billion-dollar weather disasters hit Earth in 2023 - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Jan 18) |
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Jan 18 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The planet was besieged by a record 63 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2023, surpassing the previous record of 57 set in 2020, said insurance broker Gallagher Re in its annual report issued January 17. The total damage wrought by weather disasters in 2023 was $301 billion, with an unusually high 57% of that total being insured damages. For comparison, weather disasters did $360 billion in damage in 2022, with 39% of the total being insured damages. Gallagher Re’s ... Read more ... |
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2023 was Earth’s hottest year on record - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Jan 12) |
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Jan 12 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The world broke the record set in 2016 for the warmest year on record in 2023 by a large margin: 1.18 degrees Celsius (2.12°F) above the 20th-century average, NOAA reported Jan. 12. NASA, the European Copernicus Climate Change Service, Berkeley Earth, and the UKMET Office also rated 2023 as the warmest on record. Compared to temperatures in the preindustrial era of the late 1800s, last year’s global average temperature as computed by these five groups was ... Read more ... |
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Pedro the penguin teaches kids about disaster safety - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Jan 12) |
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Jan 12 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections There’s nothing fun about living through an extreme weather disaster. But to help kids and families stay safe in an emergency, FEMA and the American Red Cross have teamed up to make disaster preparedness a game. Levy: “If children grow up understanding the importance of disaster preparedness … they’ll grow into being prepared adults.” Aaron Levy is the director of individual and community preparedness at FEMA. He says the free, printable game is part of the “Prepare with Pedro” campaign. It’s a preparedness education program, with story books and ... Read more ... |
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U.S. billion-dollar weather disasters set an all-time record in 2023, with 28 - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Jan 9) |
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Jan 9 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Led by a record-costly swarm of severe weather episodes, the contiguous United States suffered 28 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2023, the highest number in inflation-adjusted data going back to 1980, according to NOAA. The former record was 22, set in 2020. “For millions of Americans impacted by a seemingly endless onslaught of weather and climate disasters, 2023 has hit a new record for many extremes,” said NOAA Chief Scientist Sarah Kapnick. “Record warm ... Read more ... |
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Real winter finally roars into the United States - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Jan 8) |
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Jan 8 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Like a diva who keeps the audience waiting for a grand entrance, the winter of 2023-24 hasn’t been in any hurry to enter full force across most of the United States. Over the next few days, though, things should look and feel much stormier and a lot more seasonable across many parts of the country. During the next couple of weeks, a rapid-fire sequence of major midlatitude cyclones will sweep across the central and eastern United States, bringing a cornucopia of ... Read more ... |
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Free rain barrel program helps Duluth residents get involved in flood prevention - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Jan 1) |
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Jan 1 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In the Great Lakes region, intensifying rain storms are increasing the risk of flooding – especially in low-lying areas with little green space to soak up water. So in three states, Sea Grant programs are working to protect vulnerable neighborhoods by collaborating with residents. Sprague: “They’re excited about thinking about how to control runoff on their property, how to make sure that their home stays safe from these increased precipitation events.” Tiffany Sprague is with the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of ... Read more ... |
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Will our buildings be ready for the climate of the future? - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Dec 28) |
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Dec 28 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Architects and engineers need to make sure that the buildings they design will withstand heat, rain, and other harsh weather. Ariane Laxo of the architecture firm HGA says that to determine what’s expected in a location, the industry typically relies on historical weather data. Laxo: “They’re generally looking at the past.” But global warming is changing weather conditions. So Laxo says if architects and engineers do not consider future climate change, their projects may not perform well over time. For example, buildings may not ... Read more ... |
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The time to build a disaster kit is now - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Dec 27) |
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Dec 27 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In today’s world, it’s usually easy to buy whatever you need when you need it. But as climate change causes more extreme weather, there may be times when it’s not safe to leave your home or times when you need to leave, fast. So it’s important to have a disaster supply kit ready. At Ready.gov, the federal government provides a list of basic items that everyone should have in a disaster supply kit. Some are like packing for a camping trip: water, medicine, first-aid kit, change of clothes, flashlight, extra batteries, and food for several days. Read more ... |
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Ten 'you must be kidding’ weather and climate facts of 2023 - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Dec 26) |
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Dec 26 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The drumbeat of record weather and climate phenomena - hottest, wettest, fieriest, fiercest, and so on - can sometimes fade into the background, like the repetitive backdrop to a mournful dirge. Then there are those sharp moments, like a cymbal crash, when the atmosphere jolts us to attention. The past year has been riddled with such moments, some of them reflecting the vagaries of extreme weather and others more firmly connected to the effects of human-caused warming ... Read more ... |
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What’s your favorite kind of weather? (We share our picks.) - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Dec 15) |
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Dec 15 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections As a Yale Climate Connections editor, I get to spend a lot of time talking, laughing, and learning about climate change with my team. More and more, I’ve been thinking about how to bring you, and the rest of our audience, into the fold with us. We’re all worried about climate change, we’re all nerds who like weather and stories, and we thought you might be, too. So I sat down with my colleagues, Yale Climate Connections Editor-in-Chief Sara Peach and Features ... Read more ... |
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Last month was by far the world’s hottest November on record - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Dec 14) |
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Dec 14 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections November 2023 was by far the hottest November on record globally in analyses dating back to 1850, said NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information on December 14. NOAA, NASA, the Japan Meteorological Agency, and the European Copernicus Climate Change Service all rated November 2023 as the warmest November on record, beating the previous November record by a large margin. According to NOAA, November global temperatures were a remarkable 1.44 degrees ... Read more ... |
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How will El Niño affect the U.S. this winter? - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Dec 12) |
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Dec 12 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The most potent El Niño event in almost a decade is about to exert its peak influence on North American weather. Many parts of the world are affected by El Niño, a periodic one- to two-year warming of the eastern tropical Pacific. In fact, El Niño is the biggest single shaper of Earth’s year-to-year weather variations atop human-induced climate change. And North America is one of the places where El Niño’s influence is most pronounced. Think of El Niño as the ... Read more ... |
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What did we learn from 2023’s destructive wildfires? - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Dec 6) |
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Dec 6 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Destructive wildfires from Maui, Greece, and Canada made front-page news in the U.S. this year. But anyone who follows fire and climate news knows that large, often deadly, and uncontrollable fires are increasingly common throughout our warming world. Though the articles focus on wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada, their insights pertain to much of the globe. “Why wildfires are at their deadliest in more than a century.” Scott Dance, Washington Post. “The massive wildfires can be linked to fire hazards - drought, wind, human-caused climate ... Read more ... |
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Cartoons: ‘You said to pack only the essentials.’ - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Dec 1) |
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Dec 1 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Related: Is your home in danger from flooding? Related: How to weatherize your home Related: How to evacuate with pets during a wildfire, hurricane, or other disaster more like this Tom Toro Tom Toro is a cartoonist and author. He has published over 200 cartoons in The New Yorker since 2010. His cartoons appear in Playboy, the Paris Review, the New York Times, American Bystander, and elsewhere.... More by Tom Toro An initiative of ACCESSIBILITY AT YALE Read more ... |
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The unusual 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ends - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Nov 30) |
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Nov 30 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections As the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season began, hurricane experts were unsure what to expect: How many named storms would form? How many major hurricanes? On one hand, scientists were forecasting an El Niño. The natural phenomenon is part of a recurring ocean-and-atmosphere pattern that warms and cools the eastern tropical Pacific through El Niño and La Niña events that last from one to three years. El Niño conditions usually lead to below-average hurricane seasons ... Read more ... |
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Is your home in danger from flooding? - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Nov 17) |
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Nov 17 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections If you own a home, you’ve probably poured a lifetime of savings into it. That asset could be in more danger than you think. Climate change is supercharging the water cycle, increasing the risk of major floods and making many properties more vulnerable than they were in the past. And if you’re like most U.S. residents, you don’t have flood insurance. Homeowner’s insurance policies often don’t cover flood damage, so if one does occur on your property, fixing ... Read more ... |
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Potential Tropical Cyclone 22 bringing dangerous heavy rains to the Caribbean - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Nov 17) |
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Nov 17 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In what is shaping up to be one of the most dangerous flood threats of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Potential Tropical Cyclone 22 was spreading torrential rains across the central and southwestern Caribbean on Friday afternoon. Of particular concern were the heavy rains occurring over southwestern Haiti, where deforestation in mountainous areas makes a highly vulnerable population at risk of deadly flash flooding. At 10 a.m. EST Friday, Potential Tropical ... Read more ... |
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Last month was by far the world’s hottest October on record - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Nov 15) |
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Nov 15 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections October 2023 was the hottest October on record globally in analyses dating back to 1850, said NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information on November 15. NOAA, NASA, the Japan Meteorological Agency, and the European Copernicus Climate Change Service all rated October 2023 as the warmest October on record, crushing the previous October record by a huge margin. According to NOAA, October global temperatures spiked to a remarkable 1.34 degrees Celsius ... Read more ... |
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A tropical storm may emerge in the Caribbean late this week - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Nov 13) |
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Nov 13 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections A disturbance in the Caribbean is likely to evolve into a tropical depression or tropical storm by late week, perhaps bringing dangerously heavy amounts of rain to Hispaniola and eastern Cuba as it heads northeast. In its Tropical Weather Outlook issued at 1 p.m. EST Monday, the National Hurricane Center gave this system a 70% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression in the seven-day period through Monday, November 20. The new system is expected to ... Read more ... |
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A 205-mph (330 kph) wind gust measured in Hurricane Otis - Yale Climate Connections - Weather  (Nov 3) |
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Nov 3 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections As Hurricane Otis made landfall in Acapulco, Mexico, on Wednesday, October 25, as a Category 5 hurricane with 165 mph sustained winds, a wind gust of 205 mph (330 kph, or 113.3 m/s) was recorded at the port authority at Acapulco Bay. If verified, this would be one of the top 15 strongest wind gusts ever recorded globally by a ground-based instrument. Sustained winds for hurricanes in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific are typically averaged across one minute, whereas a ... Read more ... |
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