west carven Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 howdy The Arctic is on fire: Siberian heat wave alarms scientists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted July 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 howdy more on the subject... Rapid Arctic meltdown in Siberia alarms scientists Why it’s so damn hot in the Arctic right now NASA's Aqua Satellite Shows Siberian Fires Filling Skies With Smoke Siberian Fires Have Released a Record Amount of Carbon This Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted July 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 howdy the smoke is already here on the west coast... next the heat... ?... Siberian fires send smoke to Southern Oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted August 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 howdy death valley just recorded an all time high of 130 degrees... Death Valley reaches 130 degrees, hottest temperature in U.S. in at least 107 years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted September 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 howdy it is all connected... West Coast wildfires: At least 25 dead in past week, 3.3 million acres scorched Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted July 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 heat report: jul 29, 2021 howdy A Scorcher in Siberia and Europe June ends with exceptional heat Smoky Summer in the Pacific Northwest will all this heat make for a late start this winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVR Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 On a bright note, if all the climate people are correct, we will get to do more snowboarding.... I am going to guess some might ask "What is he talking about? The earth is getting warmer won't help snowboarding". And, as a matter of fact, if the models some predict about warming are to come true, it will indeed get more snowy. If it gets warmer, the ice melts. The melted ice adds less saline water to the ocean, which jams up the oceans conveyor belts. Without these oceanic flows, it gets colder.... much colder... if fact, it happened a mere 12,000 years ago. When it gets colder we keep more snow and more tracks are made.... So there is a bright note here... I will let the scientists explain the conveyor belt, as they are better at this than I am...https://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=15-P13-00013&segmentID=3 If you don't like my source, google "earth ocean conveyor belt" and there will be a source you like I am sure... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 I hear Scotland is worried. Enjoying the warmth now but can see where the trouble lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 9 hours ago, TVR said: On a bright note, if all the climate people are correct, we will get to do more snowboarding.... I am going to guess some might ask "What is he talking about? The earth is getting warmer won't help snowboarding". And, as a matter of fact, if the models some predict about warming are to come true, it will indeed get more snowy. If it gets warmer, the ice melts. The melted ice adds less saline water to the ocean, which jams up the oceans conveyor belts. Without these oceanic flows, it gets colder.... much colder... if fact, it happened a mere 12,000 years ago. When it gets colder we keep more snow and more tracks are made.... So there is a bright note here... I will let the scientists explain the conveyor belt, as they are better at this than I am...https://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=15-P13-00013&segmentID=3 If you don't like my source, google "earth ocean conveyor belt" and there will be a source you like I am sure... Reading the whole reference I don't get quite the same impression as TVR. But it was an interesting read. Thanks for linking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Yes, the last ice age in Europe was caused by melting of huge quantities of ice and snow, of N. American ice sheet. The cold water stopped the flow of the warm Gulf Current, which keeps W and N Europe warm. It could happen again. I'm not sure if the Pacific NW and Alaska are susceptible to the same phenomenon. Our currents come from the NW and are cold. Still might be better than no current, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted July 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 howdy I understand what TVR is talking about, but for that to happen it will be a long time and we will be long gone by then. as for the near future as in this winter, this past winter was not good with milder temps all season and last summer wasn't as hot as this summer and we still have August and September. I am guessing we will have another mild winter. the solar maximum is predicted for 2025 so we are in for more hot summers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Been farming for 40 + years and have never been able to predict anything with any certainty. If it's cold enough to go snowboarding in the winter i do . If not then there is always something that needs to be fixed and the weather is never one of them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) greenland ice melt is already affecting the gulfstream in the N atlantic https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/ocean/surface/currents/orthographic=-50.11,21.13,347 and check out the particulates ie smoke in the pnw https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/particulates/surface/level/overlay=pm2.5/orthographic=-110.11,35.31,347 Edited August 1, 2021 by b0ardski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted August 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) howdy Study: Major Atlantic current showing signs it may shut down. Not all scientists agree. Explained: Why the Atlantic Ocean current system is slowing down, and its implications Edited August 10, 2021 by west carven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted August 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2021 howdy everything is connected ... Siberian wildfires dwarf all others on Earth combined Siberian wildfires now bigger than all other fires in world combined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpyride Posted August 13, 2021 Report Share Posted August 13, 2021 6 hours ago, west carven said: howdy everything is connected ... Siberian wildfires dwarf all others on Earth combined Siberian wildfires now bigger than all other fires in world combined That one way trip to Mars is starting to look positively tropical. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 howdy 'We're failing terribly': Colorado's revered slopes face a major threat Vicky Collins Sat, December 25, 2021, 9:59 AM·5 min read BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — During the annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony at Breckenridge Ski Resort in early December, thousands of people crowded onto Main Street under a bluebird sky. The event was preceded by a dog parade featuring hundreds of Bernese mountain dogs and a foot race with runners dressed as Santas and elves. When the sun finally set, the countdown began as a massive evergreen in the square was bathed in golden light. The festive scene stood in stark contrast to what could be coming for Colorado and the Rocky Mountains: a severely shortened ski season by 2050, with some areas closing permanently by the end of the century. Few industries in Colorado are experiencing the effects of climate change more than the once-robust ski industry, which experts say could fall victim in coming decades to rising temperatures, extreme drought and huge wildfires. Home to some of the most iconic names in world-class downhill skiing — such as Vail, Aspen and Snowmass — Colorado collects $5 billion a year in revenue from the outdoor sport. But many wonder whether the industry can withstand its greatest challenge. Denver, which lies at the foot of the Rockies, blew away records this year when measurable snow didn’t fall until Dec. 10, making for 232 straight days with no snow. Pitkin County, home to Aspen and Snowmass, had 30 more frost-free days this year than in 1980. And warming temperatures, even at night, prevent early snowmaking, which is essential to a profitable holiday season. A typical downhill ski season in the Rockies starts in early November and ends in early April, but a 2017 study in the journal Global Environmental Change found that virtually all winter recreation areas in the U.S. could see the lengths of their seasons decline by 50 percent by 2050, and by 80 percent in 2090 for some downhill skiing locations. The authors estimated that changes in season lengths under extreme emissions conditions could result in a loss of more than $2 billion for downhill skiing in the U.S. Ideas vary among managers at Colorado’s 32 main ski areas on how to battle the crisis, but most acknowledge that what they’re doing now isn’t working. “We’re failing terribly,” said Auden Schendler, senior vice president of sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company and a 30-year mountain resident who is alarmed by the increasing lateness of snow and its early departure, which he called the “March meltdown.” Schendler said he grew especially worried when the Grizzly Creek Fire chewed through 33,000 acres near Aspen in 2020. It threatened the town and led to mudslides along Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon, temporarily cutting off access to Aspen. “My concern initially was that the industry would be taken out by warmth and lack of snow. But in the last four years, we’ve had two giant, catastrophic fires that basically shut the town down,” he said, referring to Grizzly Creek and the Lake Christine Fire in 2018. Greg Hanson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boulder, said Colorado is experiencing shortened winter seasons with first snows coming late and final ones falling earlier. “We need below-freezing temperatures to get that snowfall, and with the temperatures going up, that is what shortens the winter season,” he said Melanie Mills, president and CEO of Colorado Ski Country USA, a trade group, said snow is becoming more unpredictable. “Business doesn’t like unpredictability,” she said. “It’s a major existential issue for the ski industry.” Skiing is the largest economic engine for western Colorado and drives its second-largest revenue generator, tourism, according to Colorado Ski Country USA. Ski areas have been working aggressively to switch to renewable energy to generate electricity, conducting energy audits to track their progress and using water more judiciously because most of Colorado’s water comes from mountain snowpack. Despite efforts by ski resorts to reach zero emissions, zero waste and zero net operating impacts, Mills said it’s not enough. “We can all be carbon-free, and we still won’t make a dent in the problem,” she said. To that end, the industry is shifting its focus to advocacy by pushing policymakers to do more to fight climate change. “This is not a problem that we’re going to solve locally,” Mills said. “And it’s not a problem that the ski industry is going to solve. We want to be part of the solution, but we need action at the national level and the international level.” Schendler had hoped President Joe Biden’s all-but-doomed Build Back Better plan would be successful because it included some $550 billion in climate-related programs that would have put the U.S economy on track to zero emissions by 2050. Scientists say that without that kind of action globally, nations will be unable to limit climate change to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, or 1.5 degrees Celsius, and avoid its most catastrophic effects. Lisa Whitaker, who lives in Summit County and serves on the volunteer safety patrol at Copper Mountain, worries the late start to the season is putting too many people on too little terrain, increasing the risk of accidents. “I would be sad not to be able to ski again,” she said. “I would be devastated if a whole community is wiped out. But when I think about hundreds of thousands of acres burning and the loss of wildlife, that’s much more sad to me than not being able to ski.” Schendler said it will take a national effort to save not only skiing but other outdoor industries that rely on the weather for survival. “We have to be noisy,” Schendler said, “and the bulk of the United States business community is not doing what’s required on a problem that costs more to leave alone than to solve.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 howdy Men’s super-G in Bormio called off because of warm weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVR Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/9031911002 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/27/record-snowfall-heavy-rains-blanketed-west-coast Some have less, some have more... With Lake Tahoe shattering a 50 year record, does this mean we are heading for an ice age from climate change? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted January 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 howdy if you look at long term trends and not anomalies... the proof is in the pudding... World’s Highest Elevation Ski Resort = Chacaltaya Glacier Repeat Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 The train was running away last century, we ain't stopping it, even if we stop all fossil fuel burning including every military flight in every country on the planet tomorrow the momentum of browning in snow zones will continue the warming. Our great grandchildren will have to change society fundamentally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 The glaciers are going away and won't build back for many decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pow4ever Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 my understanding on climate changes is that the weather pattern become more extreme. Global warming - hotter summer, colder winter and everything in between. early season have been pretty bad; winter seems to be shorter with more thaw cycle. For me: average is a poor indicator in term of statistics. When scaling a system: average doesn't scare me but peak(extreme) does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Single data points on either side of the debate are useless. Only trends are useful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 People like to compare the numerator but it is often the denominator that tells a better story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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