Look at how much ice remains in Hudson Bay!
A picture is worth a thousand words. That looks like enough ice to cover all of the state of Illinois. Not sure I’d want to go kayaking there quite yet....
View ArticleOrange alert for underwater volcanic eruption off Grenada shore
23 Jul 2015 – Due to strong and continuous seismic signals, an Orange alert (3 of 4) for the submarine volcano Kick’em Jenny has been issued by the Seismic Research Center (SRC) of the University of...
View ArticlePeru – Coldest winter in decades – 250,000 alpacas die
24 Jul 2015 – Officials have declared an emergency in about 60 alpaca breeding communities in the Peruvian highlands. A quarter million alpacas in Peru have died as a result of the coldest winter in...
View ArticleMajor eruptions at five volcanoes in Indonesia
Ash darkens skies over a large swath of the archipelagic nation and forces closure of three airports. 22 Jul 2015 – Mount Raung on Java island erupted again Wednesday, blasting ash and debris up to...
View ArticleCold front headed toward Northern Rockies
Could bring snow. 25 Jul 2015 – The cold front is expected to sweep into the Northern Rockies on Sunday, bringing cooler temperatures, rain and possibly snow at high elevations in Montana’s Glacier...
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Pope Francis appears to have run rough-shod over the Pontifical Academy of...
“It appears that only three of the 75 or so PAS members were even being consulted with respect to the scientific aspects about carbon dioxide and climate change in the recent encyclical “Laudato Si”. –...
View ArticleResearchers confirm that cold weather killed the mammoths – But article tries...
Even the headline adds to the subterfuge. Here’s the headline: “According to a Study, Climate change brought the extinction of woolly mammoths, and more could follow the trend.” Ahh. “Climate change”...
View ArticleSnowing in Montana!
“We just received a report that snow is falling on Saddle Mtn in the Bitterroot Range around 8000 feet elevation!” This comes from the official Twitter account for the National Weather Service in...
View ArticleSummer frost possible Tue + Wed morning – Montana and N Idaho valleys
The better chance for frost will be on Tuesday night, says National Weather Service The best chance for frost will be over the typical cold valleys of western Montana and central Idaho. We do not...
View ArticlePossible snow tonight in Wyoming and Utah
Freezing temperatures possible. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY JUL 27 2015 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-JACKSON HOLE-STAR...
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What Killed the Mammoths — Heatstroke or Frostbite?
“Of course, frostbite is just killing your extremities, toes, fingers, nose or ears. However it often precedes severe undercooling of the whole body with subsequent death.” – Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser...
View ArticleChile – Heavy snowfalls force 14 municipalities to declare state of emergency
27 July 2015 – Snowfalls left isolated people and animals dead in the region of La Araucania. Fourteen municipalities in the region of Araucania have been declared in state of emergency. More than two...
View ArticlePeru – Cold kills 42 people
And pity the poor animals, whose pastures are covered by ice. 27 July 2015 – The most affected cities are Pampas, Acobamba and the capital, which have suffered several weeks of terrible frost reaching...
View ArticleAustralia – Cold kills abnormally high number of lambs
Mortality rate almost 40 per cent. Extreme cold weather in southern New South Wales last week culminated in significant livestock losses. The Department of Primary Industries, at the Cowra Research...
View ArticleFreak July cold front brings snow to Northern Rockies
Shatters daytime temperature records across Idaho. The combination of moisture and cold air was expected to settle over Idaho, Montana and Wyoming through Tuesday in a pattern rarely seen in those...
View ArticleFinland – Summer 2015 poised to be coldest on record
“The mercury has exceeded 20 degrees C so rarely this year that the summer of 2015 is shaping up as the chilliest in more than half a century of statistics tracked by the Finnish Meteorological...
View ArticleAs the “hottest year ever” rolls on, Scotland braces for icy weather – in July
“Yes, it may be summer… But brace yourselves for an icy blast coming Scotland’s way,” reads the headline. “As this summer shapes up to be one of the worst on record for rain, parts of the Highlands...
View Article“Anomalous” July snowfall in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho
‘Exceptional’ cold front blankets Montana, Wyoming peaks with rare July snow, reads the headline in the Washington Post. “Montana, Wyoming Receive Unusual Late-July Snowfall,” reads the headline on...
View ArticleFreak cold wave hits Papua – Thousands go hungry
29 July 2015 – “In recent weeks, thousands of people in the Indonesian Province of Papua have been suffering the effects of a severe cold wave that has left remote communities in need of food and clean...
View ArticleScotland –“Hats, scarves and gloves – in July?”
29 July 2015 – “One of the most dismal summers in living memory,” says the Scotsman newspaper. The winter woollies alert comes as forecasters predict the country will be hit by unseasonably cold...
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