It's not a blip in the data, it's part of a trend in which winters are warming. berkshireeagle.com/weather/wester…

"It's counter-intuitive and yet borne out by the science and predictions that with a warming climate here in the Northeast, we will actually likely continue to see more intense snowstorms," said Elena Traister, professor of Environmental Studies at … berkshireeagle.com/news/local/cli…

Can climate change mean more #snow? Yes! Michael Rawlins @UMassGeo explains to Berkshire Eagle that warmer air is wetter air, and wetter air can mean snowier, more intense storms. 🌨️ 🌨️ 🌨️ #climatechange #winterweather berkshireeagle.com/news/local/cli…

Smart piece by Dusty Christensen on connections between climate warming, associated changes, and wildfire risks in this region.

North America had a record-warm May. The temperature anomaly was 2.4 C above the 1901-2000 average.

For the Northeast U.S., both May (-1.7 F) and June (-3.3 F) were colder than normal. The last time that consecutive months were colder than normal was three years ago, during April & May 2020.

Members of our Beaufort Lagoons team wrapping up sampling of rivers near Prudhoe Bay, including the USGS-gauged Sagavanirktok and Kuparuk, and a small stream 8 km from the coast. Today heading south to foothills of Brooks Range. ble.lternet.edu Claire G. Griffin Amber Hardison

Smart piece on how this latest extreme weather anomaly fits with our understanding of manifestations of a warming climate. Impacts of hydrological cycle intensification are wreaking havoc in many parts of the world this year: Las Vegas, Libya, Greece, Brazil to name a few.

Climate data from 2023 confirms what we in western Massachusetts experienced firsthand last year amid heat waves & catastrophic floods: the year was one of the hottest & rainiest ever recorded in the region. My latest on local impacts of the #ClimateCrisis:theshoestring.org/2024/01/05/202…

Our statement:

“I wanted to go sledding and it’s really hard to go sledding without any snow," a 6-year-old in Dorchester told me. As the planet warms, that disappointment has become a recurring theme — and one that’s expected to increase in the future. bostonglobe.com/2024/02/13/met…

Amherst MA just experienced its warmest meteorological (Dec-Feb) winter over the official period of record since 1893. BUT... data for the area extend to 1836. Winters have warmed by 4.4 F over those 188 years. And it was very wet too! UMass Amherst UMass Science News @UMassGeo

Arctic river are and will continue to see effects of warming, permafrost thaw, and water cycle intensification. Take home: More river runoff in the far north where more where soil carbon exists. Increasing river flows could freshen the North Atlantic. European Geosciences Union #climate

Southern New England experienced warm, wet winter, climate researchers say masslive.com/westernmass/20…

Per NOAA NCEI, the 2023–24 winter season ranked warmest on record for the contiguous U.S. with eight states across the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast each observing their warmest winter on record. Northeast U.S. also had its warmest winter. ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-…

Accumulated precipitation at Worcester since Dec 1 is wettest on record. Data since 1891.

A bit breezy up there today

Icy conditions likely a result of more winter days above freezing. NWS data for nearby North Conway. Yet another impact--in this case tragic--of our warming climate.

Hat tip to the Environmental System Science program. Want to know more about the study? tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/10…

Moreover, the recent wet weather, including the past 12 months, has been characterized by a large number of extreme events. Of course, this element of climate change is an expected manifestation of warming.