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NOAA declares El Niño when eastern tropical Pacific water temperatures rise 0.5℃ above normal for at least seven consecutive months.
cred 9.0[1]Fri, 14 Au
El Niño is not expected to affect weather conditions in the continental U.S. until later this year.
cred 9.0[1]Fri, 14 Au
Summer impacts from El Niño in the Western U.S. are typically very minor, and are weak to nonexistent in Colorado.
cred 9.0[1]Fri, 14 Au
The U.S. will likely start to feel El Niño’s impacts this fall, with the greatest effects coming this winter.
cred 9.0[1]Fri, 14 Au
In the 1976-77 winter, Barr recorded 196 cm (approx. 77 inches) of snow to date by Feb 11.
cred 6.0[1]Sat, 05 Se
The 2025-26 winter snowfall through January was 210 cm.
cred 6.0[1]Sat, 05 Se
Barr's records show 14 of the last 15 winters had below-average snowfall.
cred 6.0[1]Sat, 05 Se
The average snowfall for the first two decades of his measurements was 456 inches per winter.
cred 6.0[1]Sat, 05 Se
By mid-March, Barr recorded 28 all-time-high temperatures for the winter.
cred 6.0[1]Sat, 05 Se
In January 2026, there were 20 days above freezing, compared to a normal of eight.
cred 6.0[1]Sat, 05 Se
The average snow density at his 9,600-foot location has been above 8% for the last eight years.
cred 6.0[1]Sat, 05 Se
Ian Billick is the former executive director of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL).
cred 6.0[1]Sat, 05 Se
Gen. Douglas Schiess, new Chief of Space Operations, stated at the AFA conference that the U.S. has weapons in orbit.
cred 6.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink previously stated the U.S. military has 'on orbit, space-control weapons.'
cred 6.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
The Victus Haze exercise demonstrated a launch and response capability in 17 hours.
cred 6.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
The Pentagon is requesting $71.3 billion for the Space Force for the current fiscal year.
cred 6.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
10 percent of Space Force programs are currently on hold due to the lack of a passed FY2027 defense spending bill.
cred 6.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
The federal government is operating under a stopgap funding measure expiring Dec. 11.
cred 6.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
Billy Barr has recorded daily weather and wildlife data near Gothic, Colorado, for 52 years.
cred 6.0[1]Sat, 05 Se
Germany has earmarked approximately €11.5 billion ($13.2 billion) in military aid for Ukraine this year.
cred 5.0[1]Sat, 19 Se
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Friedrich Merz's statements regarding Germany as a leading military power are being put into practice.
cred 5.0[1]Sat, 19 Se
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has argued Berlin's support should benefit German arms manufacturers.
cred 5.0[1]Sat, 19 Se
The Kiel Institute for the World Economy reports Germany ordered around €85 billion ($97.4 billion) worth of military equipment in 2025.
cred 5.0[1]Sat, 19 Se
Bavarian Minister-President Markus Soeder stated Germany should seek more arms orders and raw material access from Ukraine aid.
cred 5.0[1]Sat, 19 Se
Kalkstein's contract was not renewed six months after the alleged meeting.
cred 4.0[1]Thu, 27 Au
Kalkstein claims Brigadier General Shane Reeves ordered the removal of human contributions to climate change from his teaching.
cred 4.0[1]Thu, 27 Au
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated on X: 'The @DeptofDefense does not do climate change crap. We do training and warfighting.'
cred 4.0[1]Thu, 27 Au
The Supreme Court issued an unsigned order blocking Trump's executive order regarding mail-in voting lists.
cred 4.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
Senator Alex Padilla made a public complaint regarding a whistleblower alleging federal agents broke state laws during voter searches.
cred 4.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
The 10-year US Treasury bond yield passed 5%.
cred 4.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
Brent crude oil exceeded $108 per barrel.
cred 4.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
A DHS watchdog report found immigrants were held in metal cages at the 'Alligator Alcatraz' facility in Florida.
cred 4.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
ProPublica reported that Umar Kremlev paid for expenses at Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding in the Bahamas.
cred 4.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
Turkish authorities detained at least 162 people during raids on LGBTQ+ locations.
cred 4.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked a rule limiting visa lengths for international students and journalists.
cred 4.0[1]Tue, 15 Se
Nepal contributes less than 0.1% of global carbon emissions.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 23 Se
A glacial collapse in the Himalayas occurred on August 26th.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 23 Se
An estimated 8,000 people in Nepal and Tibet are dead or missing due to recent flooding.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 23 Se
The Nepali government estimates infrastructure reconstruction costs could exceed $4 billion.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 23 Se
Anisha Buda is a program officer at the National Indigenous Women Forum–Nepal.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 23 Se
The event took place during Climate Week outside the UN Headquarters in New York.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 23 Se
Mount Pinatubo erupted on 15 June 1991, releasing approximately 17 million tonnes of sulphur dioxide.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 26 Au
Global surface temperature has risen by roughly 1.4°C compared to the second half of the 19th century.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 26 Au
China has 1,195 active coal-fired power stations.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 26 Au
Britain has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 53% since 1990.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 26 Au
Over 500,000 industrial robots entered service worldwide in 2024; China installed 295,000, while Britain installed 2,500.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 26 Au
Direct-air-capture technology currently costs hundreds of dollars per tonne of CO₂.
cred 4.0[1]Wed, 26 Au
Dr. Adam Kalkstein, a geography professor at West Point, has filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York.
cred 4.0[1]Thu, 27 Au
The lawsuit alleges First Amendment violations regarding curriculum changes related to climate change.
cred 4.0[1]Thu, 27 Au
The Northern Hemisphere experienced heatwaves, drought, energy shortages, failed harvests, and wildfires in the summer of 2026.
cred 3.0 ⚠[1]Wed, 02 Se
Satellite imagery, sensors, floating buoys, and computer models are used for weather prediction.
cred 3.0 ⚠[1]Wed, 02 Se
Severe weather events occurred in Nepal and Tibet last week.
cred 3.0 ⚠[1]Wed, 02 Se
Global climate targets aim to limit warming to well below 2°C.
cred 3.0 ⚠[1]Wed, 02 Se
CF₄ is more than 6,000 times as potent as carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas.
cred 0.0 ⚠[1]Thu, 03 Se
Tetrafluoromethane (CF₄) is used in semiconductor manufacturing.
cred 0.0 ⚠[1]Thu, 03 Se
CF₄ can persist for 50,000 years.
cred 0.0 ⚠[1]Thu, 03 Se
Quotes
“El Niño is not expected to affect weather conditions in the continental U.S. until later this year.”— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experts [1]
“NOAA declares El Niño when eastern tropical Pacific water temperatures rise 0.5℃ above normal for at least seven consecutive months.”— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [1]
“Summer impacts from El Niño in the Western U.S. are typically very minor, and are weak to nonexistent to Colorado.”— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experts [1]
“I record data and I watch trends.”— billy barr [1]
“billy has created a baseline of understanding, a sort of top-line climate context that sets the stage for what the individual scientists are studying”— Ian Billick [1]
“today, Guardians operate on-orbit weapons that can defend the joint force against space-enabled attacks”— Gen. Douglas Schiess [1]
“This particular Victus Haze mission earlier this year demonstrated the ability to launch and respond to an on-demand, on-orbit threat in just 17 hours”— Gen. Douglas Schiess [1]
“Treat a warming planet as an engineering problem rather than a moral failing, and it starts to look solvable.”— Author (implied via summary/body) [1]
“The central mistake of climate politics, in my eyes, has been to conceive of human influence on nature mainly as something to minimise.”— Author [1]