Severe weather has been hammering parts of the south central Mediterranean this week, with heavy snow falling in the Alps, torrential rains in lower elevations along with powerful winds, and high waves affecting Italy, in particular.
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The most important weather satellite you’ve never heard of launches to space Tuesday
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After billions of dollars in cost overruns and delays, NASA is planning to launch one of the most important weather satellites ever early Tuesday morning.
The Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, satellite — which will be invaluable for improving forecasting, detecting lost sailors, aiding firefighters, and other applications — is expected to blast off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:47 a.m. PT, or 4:47 a.m. ET, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket.
The JPSS-1 is the first in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next-generation of four polar-orbiting satellites that provide the majority of data streamed into weather forecasting models. Read more…
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View More The most important weather satellite you’ve never heard of launches to space TuesdayGlobal warming emissions hit record high in 2017, because nothing good happens this year
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For three straight years, global greenhouse gas emissions — the primary driver of global warming — leveled off while economic growth continued. This led to a flood of optimism that at long last, greenhouse gas emissions were peaking and would finally start declining. In addition, it sparked a flurry of stories about how the world was finally separating, or to use a technical term “decoupling,” economic growth from emissions of greenhouse gasses.
Those hopes have largely been dashed with the news on Monday from the Global Carbon Project showing that it’s likely that 2017 saw about a 2 percent increase in global greenhouse gas emissions, with such emissions hitting a record high. Read more…
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Arctic blast forecast to break dozens of low temperature records in Eastern U.S. this weekend
The Arctic blast sweeping across the Great Lakes and the East Coast on Friday could lead to a remarkably widespread swath of record low temperatures on Saturday morning.
The air mass that will be entrenched over the East Coast, particularly New…
La Niña is officially here to shape U.S. winter weather, along with global climate
La Niña is back, ya’ll. And it may have major implications for your winter weather, depending on where you live.
La Niña conditions were formally declared present in the tropical Pacific Ocean on Thursday, in a statement from the Nati…
The first Arctic blast of the year is here, and it’s about to get ass-cold, folks
Among New Yorkers, there’s a dark hypothesis about fall weather in the city, which is that there’s only one “perfect” fall day with crisp sunshine and cool temperatures. For that single day, the city’s harsh climate, with torrid heat in the summer an…
View More The first Arctic blast of the year is here, and it’s about to get ass-cold, folksHollywood is obsessed with climate change disasters. What does that mean for the planet?
A system of satellites and lasers that controls the weather, as depicted in the new climate change-inspired disaster film Geostorm: Yeah, sounds pretty laughable.
But the premise of the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow seemed ridiculous when i…
Earth to overshoot global warming targets, U.N. warns in blunt report
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Nations around the world still aren’t doing nearly enough to limit greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, a new report warns.
While progress is being made, a new United Nations report says that collectively countries aren’t on track to contain global warming to the level set by leaders in the Paris Climate Agreement. We are currently on course to see between 3 and 3.2 degrees Celsius, or about 5.8 degrees Fahrenheit, of warming by the year 2100.
To put this another way, countries have only committed to about one-third of the emissions reductions needed to meet the Paris Agreement’s temperature target, the report found. Read more…
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View More Earth to overshoot global warming targets, U.N. warns in blunt reportEarth is seeing an unprecedented surge in carbon dioxide levels, with disturbing implications
Although many countries are making progress in slowing their emissions of carbon dioxide, a global warming pollutant, the amount of the gas in the air surged at a record pace in 2016, a new report found.
The amount of carbon dioxide in the air …