Tag: extreme weather
Hurricane Ida: 2 reasons for its record-shattering rainfall in NYC and...
Russ Schumacher, Colorado State University
Record downpours from Hurricane Ida overwhelmed cities across the Northeast on Sept. 1, 2021,...
When hotter and drier means more – but eventually less –...
Maureen C Kennedy, University of Washington; Don McKenzie, University of Washington, and Jeremy Littell, US Geological Survey
There is...
The Texas blackouts showed how climate extremes threaten energy systems across...
Roshanak (Roshi) Nateghi, Purdue University
Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas...
Power outages across the Plains: 4 questions answered about weather-driven blackouts
Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin
Editor’s note: Amid record cold temperatures and skyrocketing energy demand, utilities...
What exactly is the polar vortex?
Zachary Lawrence, University of Colorado Boulder and Amy Butler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
At the start of February...
To protect people in the Great Lakes region from climate extremes,...
Nicholas Rajkovich, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
This story is part of the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.
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The economic cost of devastating hurricanes and other extreme weather events...
Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University
June marks the official start of hurricane season. If recent history is any guide, it will prove to be another...
What makes natural gas bottlenecks happen during extreme cold snaps
Sarah Ryan, Iowa State University
When temperatures in Minneapolis fell to 27 below zero during the January 2019 polar vortex, the Xcel Energy utility urged...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
