Author: Jason Samenow
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Polar vortex could unleash winter wallop
Winter got off to a fast start in the Lower 48 even before it was technically winter. Waves of cold gripped the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. and several winter storms tracked across the region. Conditions have since eased some but the heart of winter lies ahead. Will cold and snowy conditions return and turn…
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North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists
The sun won’t rise at the North Pole until March 20, and it’s normally close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this weekend. Analyses show that the temperature warmed to the melting point as an enormous storm pumped an intense pulse…
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‘Bomb cyclone’ to blast East Coast before polar vortex uncorks tremendous cold late this week The storm: How much snow and wind, and where
Unforgiving cold has punished the eastern third of the United States for the past 10 days. But the most severe winter weather yet will assault the area late this week. First, a monster storm will hammer coastal locations from Georgia to Maine with ice and snow. By Thursday, the exploding storm will, in many ways,…
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Hundreds of children have died in hot cars. New bill aims to stop this horror.
More than 700 young children have died in hot cars since 1998. The news accounts of these incidents are gut-wrenching, describing helpless toddlers and infants trapped inside scorching vehicles that turn into death chambers. The parents, upon discovering their children, are devastated. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) wants to put an end to these traumas. “Anybody…
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The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends
Political people in the United States are watching the chaos in Washington in the moment. But some people in the science community are watching the chaos somewhere else — the Arctic. It’s polar night there now — the sun isn’t rising in much of the Arctic. That’s when the Arctic is supposed to get super-cold,…
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North America is flooded in warmth and there is no sign of real winter
North America is awash in warmth and there are no immediate signs of significant winterlike weather on the horizon. The United States experienced its third-warmest October on record, and warmth has continued through the first third of November. North America’s most astonishing warmth this week has focused in Canada, where temperatures have been up to 30 degrees warmer…