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The contiguous United States just slogged its way through the wettest winter and the second wettest February in more than a century of recordkeeping, according to analyses released Wednesday by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
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During winter, the Bering Strait has historically been blanketed in ice. But this year, the ice has nearly vanished.
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Climate science at a glance
Climate change disrupts regional weather patterns and can bring cold further south while warm air can travel further north.
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Most death and destruction inflicted by tornadoes in North America occurs during outbreaks--large-scale weather events that can last one to three days and span huge regions. The largest ever recorded happened in 2011.
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This week’s record winter heat in the UK was so far above normal trends that scientists have been forced to reconsider their statistical models, with one expert calling the temperature jump “incredible”.
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Two days of unseasonable sunshine in Britain this week have resulted in more than the shedding of hats, scarves and winter coats: They have also brought the highest temperatures ever recorded in the country in winter.
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A new study published Thursday in the journal Science outlines the impacts warming waters are having on commercially important fish species.
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The locations plotted above had an all-time snowiest February in 2019. The underlying contours show the estimated February snowfall. It was a record-smashing February in dozens of locations in the U.S., featuring monthly snow, rain, heat, and cold records....
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Data from the First Street Foundation, a New York-based nonprofit that looks at the impacts of rising water levels and flooding, shows that coastal properties have already taken a huge hit in the last decade-plus.
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Rivers continued to rise Wednesday morning in Northern California as a new storm pounded the already saturated region with more rain and snow in higher elevations, forcing road closures, water rescues and the evacuation of thousands along the Russia River in Sonoma County.
