Low Snow to Snowmageddon: January Dumps Gave Needed Bump to Region’s Lagging Snowpack
By Courtney Flatt, KUOW
Remember the first few weeks of January? Snow-covered mountain passes, closed highways.
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Sea-Tac Just Had Its Hottest Recorded Decade… Ever
By Lester Black, The Stranger
We just finished the hottest decade ever recorded at Sea-Tac Airport—by a longshot.
Warm ‘Blob’ of Hot Water Bigger Than Texas Heading Towards South America
By Rosie McCall, Newsweek
warm “blob” of hot water reported to have formed in the Pacific Ocean near New Zealand is making its way towards South America.
Huge Amounts of Greenhouse Gases Lurk in the Oceans, and Could Make Warming Far Worse
By Todd Woody, National Geographic
Stores of methane and CO2 in the world’s seas are in a strange, icy state, and the waters are warming, creating a ticking carbon time bomb.
Icebound: The Climate-Change Secrets of 19th Century Ship’s Logs
By Andrew R.C. Marshal, Reuters
An eccentric group of citizen-scientists called Old Weather has transcribed millions of observations from long-forgotten logbooks of ships, many from the great era of Arctic exploration.
Humpback Whale Population Bounces Back From Near-Extinction – From Just 450, to over 25,000
By Good News Network
Conservationists are rejoicing after new research showed that whales in the South Atlantic have rebounded from the brink of extinction.
New Marine Heat Wave Know as ‘The Blob’ Spotted Again Off The West Coast
A massive warmer-than-normal pool of water that’s formed in the Pacific Ocean off the Washington coast may already be wreaking havoc with our weather.
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Staff Spotlight: Sophie Chu
Research Associate
Sophie received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Columbia University in 2009. After graduation, Sophie worked as a lab technician at the Columbia University Medical Center.
Why This Winter’s Forecast in the Pacific Northwest is More Uncertain Than Usual
Forecasting the weather for the whole winter is always difficult, but several factors may make this winter harder than most.
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Record-cold October In Idaho; Close In Washington and Oregon
By Don Jenkins, Capital Press
Idaho shivered through its coldest October on record, while Washington weathered its second-coldest October and the coolest in more than a century, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.