Extreme Heat in Svalbard Causes Unprecedented Melting of Arctic Ice Caps This post first appeared on the NASA Earth Observatory website. The Svalbard archipelago’s ice caps suffered extreme episodes of melting in summer 2024, brought on by exceptionally high air temperatures. Related: Winter 2023/24 Was the Hottest Ever Recorded for the U.S. Situated between mainland Norway and the North Pole, Svalbard is one of the fastest-warming places on the planet. Over […] Guest Author | August 15, 2024 0 Comments
NOAA ENSO Update August 2024: 74% Chance of La Niña Persisting Through Winter This post first appeared on the climate.gov ENSO blog and was written by Tom Di Liberto You’ll have to excuse this ENSO Blogger for a minute while I drink some sweet tea on the porch and lament about all the heat and humidity, “Woof, it’s hot!” Things truly seem to move slower during the dog days of summer in late […] Weather Guest Author | August 11, 2024 0 Comments
NASA: Australia’s Snowy Mountains Coated in White This post first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory. Winter made a bold—if late—entrance to the mountains in southeastern Australia. Much to the delight of skiers Down Under, a period of seasonal weather in July 2024 brought significant accumulations to the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales. Related: Snowstorm Transforms Australian Ski Resorts into Winter Wonderland The OLI (Operational Land Imager) […] Guest Author | August 2, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe Clarity Report Shows Highs and Lows of 2023 Annual Report Records Trend of Clearer Winters, Murkier Summers in Famed Blue Lake. The clarity of Lake Tahoe’s famed blue waters in 2023 continued its years-long trend of improving during the winter and deteriorating during the summer. The annual clarity report, released today by the University of California, Davis–Tahoe Environmental Research Center, found that winter lake conditions were the clearest […] Guest Author | August 1, 2024 0 Comments
NASA: After the Park Fire’s Rapid Growth This post first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory. The Park Fire in Northern California more than doubled in area in a matter of days in late July 2024. It quickly became the state’s sixth-largest wildland fire on record, and as of July 30, it was the largest active fire in the United States. Related: Arsonist Arrested For Igniting California’s Park […] Fire Guest Author | August 1, 2024 0 Comments
NASA: Smoky Skies Across North America This post first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory. In July 2024, wildland fires in Canada billowed smoke that drifted across North America. A stretch of extreme heat, coupled with windy conditions and thunderstorms, helped spur the ignition and expansion of fires in several Canadian provinces. As of July 24, 989 fires actively burned in Canada, with over half of those […] Fire Guest Author | August 1, 2024 0 Comments
Shastina, CA, Report: Cracking the Code of The Cascades’ 3rd Highest Volcano This report is from Saturday, June 1, and was written by Ryan Turner. Shasta’s little sister, Shastina, typically gets much less attention than the bigger Shasta. However, Shastina is the third-highest Cascade volcano after Shasta and Rainier and has a very large crater of its own. All the route descriptions to Shastina show a long traverse from the Bunny Flats […] Conditions Report Guest Author | June 15, 2024 0 Comments
Want to Ski in the Arctic Circle? Check Out This Once-in-a-Life Time Ski Trip to Svalbard with Ice Axe Expeditions Join Ice Axe Expeditions on a new backcountry ski expedition to Svalbard onboard the Vestland Explorer. Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. One of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas, it’s known for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra sheltering polar bears, Svalbard reindeer, and Arctic foxes. Not to mention world-class ski […] Offer Guest Author | June 14, 2024 0 Comments
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