No snow, no hares: Climate change pushes emblematic species north
If there is an animal emblematic of the northern winter, it is the snowshoe hare.
Ecology
Mar 30, 2016
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NASA image: Major winter storm headed for eastern U.S.
NASA and NOAA satellites are tracking a large winter storm that is expected to bring heavy snowfall to the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region on Jan. 22 and 23.
Earth Sciences
Jan 22, 2016
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Peering into the secret world of life beneath winter snows
Snow covers some 40 percent of Earth's land masses year in and year out. And, as scientists are discovering, snow is critical to animals and plants that live in northern latitudes, as well as those in far southern latitudes ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2016
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Peruvian farmer takes climate change fight to European courts
The soft murmur of water trickling from a glacier in the Peruvian Andes into the pale blue lake below is broken by the roar of a chunk of ice breaking off.
Environment
Dec 8, 2015
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Sweden projected to lose 40-80 days of snow as climate warms
Snowy white winters are likely to become a thing of the past for most Swedes.
Environment
Nov 2, 2015
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S'no water in Sierra Nevadas
Most of us have strong opinions about snow during the winter. For some, it's a curse. Others enjoy the recreation heavy snowfall brings. Yet, once warmer weather comes, we tend to forget about those piles of fluffy white ...
Environment
Aug 21, 2015
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Remote assessment of avalanche risk
In cooperation with a Swiss research team, geographers of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have developed a novel measuring system relying on two different physical methods that promises to enhance forecasting ...
Earth Sciences
May 5, 2015
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What happens at the poles does not stay at the poles
Over the past 30 years, the Arctic has warmed more than any other region on the Earth. In fact, Arctic air temperatures have been increasing twice as much as the global average.
Earth Sciences
Apr 1, 2015
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Historical satellite images reveal snow is melting earlier in wyoming
A NASA study of a basin in northwestern Wyoming revealed that the snowmelt season in the area is now ending on average about sixteen days earlier than it did from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Earth Sciences
Mar 24, 2015
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NASA snaps picture of Eastern US in a record-breaking 'freezer'
NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of the snow-covered eastern U.S. that looks like the states have been sitting in a freezer. In addition to the snow cover, Arctic and Siberian air masses have settled in over the Eastern ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 20, 2015
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