Fending Off Invaders in a Warmer Climate
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In the Great Lakes region, conservation and resource managers are already fending off attacks by multiple invasive species. Anticipating the invaders’ next move in the face of climate change is yet another challenge they will need to deal with in the future.
March storms pile up to 9 feet of new snow onto Cascades
March 23, 2012 Caitlyn Kennedy - NOAA Climate Program Office
As March began, people living the eastern United States were enjoying warmer temperatures, budding flowers, and other signs of the approaching spring season. But on the opposite coast, a series of wintry storms rolled through the already snow-packed Cascades, leaving behind several feet of powder and sparking avalanche warnings throughout the region.
Spring 2012 climate outlook favors warm, dry conditions in South
March 15, 2012
According to NOAA’s 2012 Spring Outlook, odds are that dry conditions and above-average temperatures will persist in much of the South, where drought is still lingering after making headlines in 2011. But last year’s most devastating flood events are unlikely to repeat.
For Europe and central Asia, winter plays catch-up in February
March 1, 2012 Rebecca Lindsey
For Europe, the first two calendar months of winter were mild. As if to make up for lost time, however, exceptionally cold weather arrived in late January and remained firmly entrenched for weeks.
Fierce 2010-2011 Winter Dwarfs This Season’s Snowfall
February 10, 2012
Last year on Groundhog’s Day, large swaths of the country were covered in two feet of snow or more after a large storm pounded the eastern United States. This year, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his den on a balmy day after the third-least snowy January on record. A comparison of snowfall (or lack thereof) so far this season to last year’s winter white-out shows what a difference a year makes.
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The U.S. had its fourth warmest winter on record. In this episode of ClimateCast, NOAA’s Deke Arndt recaps the 2011-2012 winter.
Climate Change: Impacts, Solutions and Perceptions
What scientific evidence exists that Earth’s climate is changing? What’s the difference between climate change and climate variability? How does a changing climate affect people and the natural environment? What can we do to lessen and adapt to the impacts of these changes? This collection of videos presents experts’ lectures and discussions on these topics in a series of public forums hosted in 2011 by NOAA and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University.
Climate Change Communication: Focusing on Public Engagement
Social scientist and communication expert Mathew Nisbet talks about the state of public climate literacy today. What actions are people likely or not likely to take, and why? How might scientists better engage the public in critical decision-making forums? Constant debates about whether or not global warming is really happening have grown stale and miss the point entirely. Shouldn’t we be talking about how society can leverage climate science in ways that promote economic growth; save lives and valuable natural resources; and create new markets for jobs, products, and services?
U.S. has fourth warmest winter on record; West & Southeast drier than average
March 13, 2012 Rebecca Lindsey
When NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center crunched the numbers for December, January and February—”meteorological” winter for 2011-2012—it stacked up as the fourth warmest of the past 117 winters. Virtually all of the West received less than its average precipitation.
Warming climate will add to habitat woes for Pacific NW salmon
February 23, 2012 Rebecca Lindsey
Modeling predicts that increasing greenhouse gas emissions will significantly increase thermal stress on Pacific Northwest salmon in coming decades, making the hard job of restoring endangered wild salmon even harder.
