This Year’s Extreme Weather Is Just Getting Started
Climate change and natural variability are making 2022 a year of big weather events—so get ready for more heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes. (Wired)
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And Then the Sea Glowed a Magnificent Milky Green
A chance encounter with a rare phenomenon called a milky sea connects a sailor and a scientist to explain the ocean’s ghostly glow. (Hakai Magazine)
Incredible Satellite Video Shows “Tornadic Supercell’ Forming Over Chicago
Amid such harsh weather conditions, a video posted CIRA has taken the internet by storm. (NDTV)
CSU researchers increase forecast, now predict very active 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project team is now predicting 20 named storms in 2022.
Texas could have foreseen 2021 cold-wave disaster, new study concludes
The catastrophic cold blast that enveloped Texas and neighboring states in February 2021 was unprecedented in its sheer longevity in some spots, a new study confirms. (Texas Climate News)
Snowpack bottoms out in Southwest Colorado
“What we needed was a big year, another 2019 with lots and lots of snow that staved off the drought impacts for a while, but that’s not what we got this winter.” (Durango Herald)
Hurricane expert pitches end to category ‘wind’ scale during Orlando conference
During the this week’s National Hurricane Conference, CSU’s Phil Klotzbach proposed a better a way to predict the damages of a devastating hurricane — do away with the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. (Orlando Sentinel)
CSU researchers predicting active 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project team is predicting 19 named storms during the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
‘It’s essentially 365 days a year’: The effect of year-round wildfires in Colorado
“This is something that we’re going to have to continue to be aware of, be prepared for,” Schumacher said. “You don’t have to live in the timber up in Summit County to have bad things happen.” (Denver Channel 7)
Groundwater is an incredible resource. It’s time to treat it like one.
According to Ryan Bailey, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado State University, thinking about groundwater is a lot like thinking about your bank accounts. (Popular Science)