RBC I On May 1, a devastating blaze erupted near Fort McMurray in eastern Alberta, Canada. By late May, it had engulfed more than 1.2 million acres of boreal forest—nearly double the size of Rhode Island. At the height of the fire, which was still burning at press time, more[Read More…]
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Early-season snowfall short; El Niño snows still coming
RBC I On April 1 this year, a snow survey in California’s Sierra Nevadas near Echo Peak had to be conducted on bare grass, an unprecedented April Fool’s joke from Mother Nature. Fast forward to December, and the same area has had modest improvement—now at 53 percent of normal—but go[Read More…]
Hopes are high in the Western states for a super El Niño
RBC I El Niño is upon us, and it’s shaping up to be a big one—so big that scientists have amused themselves coming up with new terms for the coming weather phenomenon.