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- Is Northwest Snow History? Scientific Errors in A Major Seattle Times Climate Story Thu, 8 Feb 24, 5:00pmThis Seattle Times article was financed by a collection of activist foundations and the University of Washington. It shows the dangers of advocacy journalism.
- The Origins of the Yellowstone Flooding and a June Gloom Forecast: All in My New Podcast Sun, 19 Jun 22, 7:00amAs I discuss in my podcast, there are two main elements behind the Yellowstone flooding: (1) the melting of an extreme snowpack and (2) heavy localized rain. And to make this happen in such an extreme way, a lot of...
- The Northwest (US) Snowpack Trend of the Past Fifty Years: The Truth May Surprise You Tue, 23 Mar 21, 8:00amSo the inescapable conclusion based upon snowpack observations is that there has been little trend in the amount of snow in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest during a period in which CO2 has been rising fairly rapidly...
- Prediction tool shows how forest thinning may increase Sierra Nevada snowpack Sat, 9 May 20, 7:00pmUniversity of Nevada, Reno researchers design water quantity tool to help with forest-thinning plans University of Nevada, RenoShare Print E-Mail RENO, Nev...
- Sierra Nevada snowpack at 162 percent of normal, California water supply dream Fri, 5 Apr 19, 4:00pmI notice they avoided calling it a *** dream From The Watchers Posted by TW on April 3, 2019 at 19:46 UTC (1 day ago) Categories: Featured articles, Ice & snow, Water crisis They note: Snowpack at the station was at 200%...
- California needs 11 trillion gallons of water to recover from worst drought ever Sat, 20 Dec 14, 6:00amNew research from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena shows that California’s drought is so bad it will take 11 trillion gallons to recover. That number is hard to fathom, but to give you an idea, it’s: twice as...
- ‘Houston, we have a dumbass problem’ Mon, 5 May 14, 8:00pmI’m truly sorry about the title, but nothing else really describes the ridiculousness of the pronouncement by the White House aide John Podesta over these two satellite images in an maddeningly idiotic story from the...
- How Climate Change Fuels Wildfires Explained in 90 Seconds Thu, 29 Aug 13, 5:30amIt may seem reasonable that higher temperatures and drought conditions caused by climate change fuel wildfires, and that's definitely a big factor in this year's summer blazes...
- Another climate sticky wicket – ‘climate change is poised to reduce the viability of the maple syrup industry’ Wed, 21 Nov 12, 3:24pmFrom the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies where if you can get past the headline, this is notable: “We found that global climate models omit factors critical to understanding forest response, such as hydrology,...
- Massive drifts and late-melting snowpack Sat, 11 Jun 11, 11:39pmGuest Post by Verity Jones While the MSM is all hot under the collar about the Killer heat wave in the mid-East US, not a mention about the massive snow accumulation in the Western USA this year...
- Western snow pack is well above normal, Squaw Valley sets new all time snow record Wed, 18 May 11, 10:30pmFrom the “weather is not climate” department: All of the western states have snowpacks that are currently 110 to over 180 percent above normal with the exception of southern Colorado...