University of Nevada, Reno researchers design water quantity tool to help with forest-thinning plans University of Nevada, RenoShare Print E-Mail RENO, Nev. – The forest of the Sierra Nevada mountains is an important resource for the surrounding communities in Nevada and California. Thinning the forest by removing trees by hand or using heavy machinery is one of…
Guest “geologist tag-teaming” by David Middleton This is a follow up to Gregory Wrightstone’s article from yesterday. A couple of the first few comments reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write a post on the Rutgers University Global Snow Lab and what their data has to say about “the snows of yesteryear” and the…
Reposted from American Thinker By Gregory Wrightstone I was recently reminded of one of the most common misconceptions about our changing climate that is often accepted as fact by climate skeptics and true believers alike. Last week a commentary written by a fellow geologist and colleague lamented the less snow and cold in recent winters…
Guest post by Mike Jonas Snow levels are important to the people of Australia’s Snowy Mountains because the ski industry provides a large proportion of the region’s income. There has been a series of scare stories from the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) newspaper, and Australia’s National broadcaster, the ABC, about disappearing snow. For example, SMH…
Parts of Australia have experienced freezing conditions that have been debilitating for Australia’s human residents. However, these kangaroos in New South Wales seem to be enjoying the rare snowfall. HT/boffin77
by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Chicago may see half a foot of new snow. Storm may delay spring planting. A near-repeat of March’s “bomb cyclone” will bring up to 30 inches of snow this week to portions of Minnesota and South Dakota, with blizzard conditions and a threat of severe thunderstorms. Roughly the same…
I 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% of average while statewide snowpack is 162% of average. “This is great news…
According to the climate models, snow cover should have steadily decreased for all four seasons. However, the observations show that only spring and summer demonstrates a long-term decrease. Ronan Connolly, Michael Connolly, Willie Soon, David R. Legates, Rodolfo Gustavo Cionco , and V. M. Velasco Herrera Abstract: Observed changes in Northern Hemisphere snow cover from…
A rare blizzard warning has been issued for the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Up to 5 feet of snow is expected to fall Wednesday night into Thursday as a strong cold core low pressure system pushes moisture inland from the Pacific Ocean. National Weather Service forecasters in Reno said Tuesday as much as 5…
From the “alarmists and their cats are grumpy over this” department. There’s been some recent hubbub over decreasing snowfall in the northern hemisphere by the usual suspects, who claim that AGW is reducing snow cover. And then of course, there’s Dr. David Viner of CRU, who famously said in a story in the UK Independent…