by admin | Apr 5, 2023 | News
When scientists talk about rising sea levels, they are referring to land-based ice that ends up in the water. Sea ice is frozen ocean and, while it doesn’t change sea levels, it plays a very important role in regulating our climate. First off, sea ice acts as a...
by admin | Mar 29, 2023 | News
Now that it’s spring in the Northern Hemisphere, I was interested in taking a look back to our winter here in Colorado. It seems like it’s been quite cold – since November! Looking at the data, indeed, this is the coldest winter we’ve had (in Denver) since 2010....
by admin | Mar 22, 2023 | News
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet, long thought to be the more stable part of the ice in the land down under, way under, contains enough ice that, when melted, could raise sea levels up to 52 meters (170 feet). While the West Antarctic ice sheet (containing ice that, when...
by admin | Mar 15, 2023 | News
The state of California has been dealing with an unprecedented amount of moisture this year, thanks to a slew of long, narrow currents of exceptionally wet air called atmospheric rivers. Much like a river is water that moves over land, an atmospheric river is water...
by admin | Mar 15, 2023 | News
The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, where I work as head of communications, strives to help natural and cultural resource managers use actionable and open data, tools, and innovative science and information to...
by admin | Mar 15, 2023 | News
Warmer-than-usual temperatures in Antarctica (1.5 degrees Celsius above normal, on average across the continent and upwards of 3 degrees Celsius above normal in the Peninsula) are having an impact not only on sea ice melt, glacial melt, and snow melt this season....
