• Weather

One Funny Thing: Punxsutawney Phil No Match for NWS

• National Weather Service
• weather forecasting

This past week, America’s favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, peeped out of his wintry lair to witness his own shadow and predict six more weeks of winter. But it turns out that everyone’s favorite rodent isn’t very good at his job. As CNN reported, In the past, Phil has been way more likely to see his […]

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Heat-Related Death Spike in Arizona

• Arizona
• extreme heat
• heat emergency

by Natasha Lasky, ODP Staff Writer The number of heat-related deaths in Arizona spiked last year, a dangerous combination resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the hottest summer on record. State officials suggest that in 2020, at least 494 people died of heat-related complications, a marked increase from the previous record of 283 heat-related deaths […]

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New Study Shows Poorest Nations Hit Hardest By Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

• climate change
• developing natons
• emissions
• poor
• wealth

Climate Risk Index (CRI) by Country: Annabel Driussi for Our Daily Planet  By Ashira Morris, ODP Staff Writer Extreme weather intensified by climate change hit the world’s poorest countries hardest in 2019, according to the latest Global Climate Risk Index by environmental organization Germanwatch. Eight of the 10 countries hardest hit by extreme weather since […]

• Weather

BRRRR – Global Warming Could Cause Polar Vortex to Blast the U.S. With Cold Air

• Arctic
• climate change
• jet stream
• Polar Vortex
• science
• snow

Above the North Pole, a polar vortex — a swirling flurry of cold air — could cause weeks of frigid weather in the Eastern United States, Northern Europe, and East Asia according to forecasters. Snow blanketed Spain over the weekend, dumping nearly two feet of snow on Madrid — the most snow in the last 50 years there.  Madrid

Why this Matters:  While many associate global warming with hotter weather, climate change can also cause harsher, more snowy winters.

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Top Ten Stories of 2020: A Record-Setting Hurricane Season

• climate refugee
• hurricane
• ocean
• rapid intesification
• severe storms
• warming

This year we shattered the record for the number of named storms over the course of the six months of hurricane season with 30 — we exceeded the previous record by four.   There were so many storms that we ran out of names and went deep into the Greek alphabet, which is what happens when we use up all the typical ones.

• Weather

One Cold Thing: Helping Kids In Need Get Outdoors In The Winter

• boots
• coat
• mittens
• outdoors
• snow day

1 in 5 American children is living in poverty. #SpreadWarmth in your community – #donate coats your children have outgrown to a child in need to our #CoatDrive. We’ll donate it to @onewarmcoat now through 12/18. More info > https://t.co/93n8P6X04q#OnQGivesBack #DonationDrive pic.twitter.com/7zN8Jg38lF — On Q Financial, Inc. (@OnQFinancialInc) December 15, 2020 After the northeastern U.S. […]