Australia’s snow season is notoriously fickle - so what determines whether we’ll get a good fall?
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Decent snowfall arrived later than ever this season.
Are you dreaming of a festive win at the bookies? Here are your chances.
Moaning about weather forecasts is almost an Australian national pastime. But weather predictions have improved a lot, and with a new satellite and supercomputer, they are about to get even more reliable.
This weekend is predicted to be the coldest of the year in Australia. But it has otherwise been a slow start to the snow season, and my research shows that this is a sign of things to come.
It’s really hard to measure snowfall accurately. The National Weather Service relies on more than 8,000 volunteers with rulers.
Despite the Patriots winning the Super Bowl, January and February were not kind months for the people of Boston and New England. By February 10th, more than 60 inches of snow in 30 days fell on the city…
Snow shoveling during or after a blizzard may be the “perfect storm” for a cardiac event. Doing warm-up exercises beforehand can make it safer.
“Snowmageddon” was predicted – three feet of snow, blizzards whipped up by high winds, a freeze of the whole transport system. What New York got was “snowperbole”. Yes, it snowed, but not as badly as predicted…
As first glance, asking whether global warming results in more snow may seem like a silly question because obviously, if it gets warm enough, there is no snow. Consequently, deniers of climate change have…
A third of the permanent snow and ice of New Zealand’s Southern Alps has now disappeared, according to our new research based on National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research aerial surveys. Since…
Australia’s ski season is finally getting underway, with the first resort, Perisher, opening its ski lifts after some weekend snow fall. But snow lovers are still watching and waiting for good falls elsewhere…
Only six of the previous 19 Winter Olympics host cities would be suitable to host the Games again by the end of this century due to warming temperatures, according to a new analysis. Average February maximum…
The central and eastern US has just been in the midst of a major cold wave, with large regions dropping below zero F (-17.7C) and wind chills reaching below -30F (-34C). That is fact. The problem is that…
A Dartmouth College study has found that replacing forests with snow covered fields could be more helpful for the environment…
Much research is being done in the Arctic to find out what changes there will mean for the rest of the world. One scientific…
Snow falling in California can start off as dust in the Sahara desert, research has shown. Due to heavy winds early in the…
Growth rings in a sturdy, long-lived alpine shrub have been used to identity 300 years of climate change in the Australian…
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Professor of Snow Hydrology, Colorado State University
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Alaska Climate Specialist, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Deputy Lead Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior Lecturer, Climate Science and Science Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Director, Climate System Research Center and Associate Professor of Climatology, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Professor (Practice) in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Assistant Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
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Associate Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Teaching Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science and Manager of the Joel N. Myers Weather Center, Penn State