Category: Climate Change
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World logs warmest year despite long Canadian Winter – Local Oceans in Spotlight
It’s official. THE U.S. N.O.A.A., N.A.S.A., Japan Meteorological Agency, and Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project have all declared 2014 the warmest in their records stretching as far back as the 1850s. The 5th major global analysis record at the UK Met Office is expected to announce the same shortly. Because of the differences in analysis techniques and datasets, the…
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CORRECTED – December and Annual 2014 Summary – Warm, Wet. 50+yr Robertson Creek Station Ended
UPDATED/CORRECTED – Warm and wet December to cap off warm 2014 locally, and likely warmest ever globally. This update will feature both the December 2014 summary and the full 2014 Annual Summary. It has been quite the slog getting this first ‘annual’ summary done, but it is done! *PHEW* December 2014 Summary – In with a Bang, Out…
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Polar Bear Swim New Years day! Little snow Friday. Then a mess on Sunday
Update 11AM: By the way… I just found out it snowed in Temecula, California today…. rare would be an understatement. https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/550365221672333312 Happy New Year and Happy Swimming! Don’t forget about the Polar Bear Swim tomorrow! There will also be free bus service around town from 10:30AM to 1:30AM on New Year’s Eve. Oh…
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Record Breaking November 2014 Summary and December 2014 storm. Most intense 4 days recorded?
A fairly warm November but with some record breaking cold streaks… tons of records broken, low and high! And then there is what happened the first week of December! Wondering about the cover image? This post was brought to you (unofficiallly) by the word EXTREME… or at least the 80s band…. hahaha. (this is what you get when…
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Warm and Wet Weekend – Record Warm World – Coffee and Chocolate Threatened – Apocalypse Now
Update: New Study reveals record high North Pacific Ocean temperatures threatening cold water species including Salmon. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/record-north-pacific-temperatures-threatening-b-c-marine-species-1.2845662 Update 9:45AM: The Air Quality Advisory and Burning Restrictions have now ended. Today, Saturday and Sunday will be warm, will have periods of rain and possibly some wind too. Thankfully though after a rainy Friday, most of the…