March 2026 Was the Hottest March for the Continental U.S.—and El Niño Hasn’t Kicked in Yet!
March 2026 was the hottest month of March on record for the continental United States, with nearly 20,000 daily temperature records being broken over the course of the month, and the overall monthly average beating the previous record holder by nearly a half-degree Fahrenheit. The average temperature for March 2026 across the lower 48 came […]
Seasonal Snow Cover in the North Was Overestimated, According to a New Analysis
A recent analysis of historical snow data gathered by NOAA satellites has found that previous surveys overestimated the decadal growth of the planet’s snow cover by a substantial amount—indeed, while the data was showing an increase in snow cover decade-over-decade, the seasonal snowpack was actually shrinking—meaning the Earth’s surface is less capable of reflecting energy from […]
Iceland Declares Potential AMOC Collapse to be a National Security Threat
While world leaders convene in Brazil at COP30 to discuss the global climate crisis, Iceland has declared the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) to be an existential threat to the northern island nation’s national security. As one of the many island nations around the world that will be more immediately affected by climate […]
A Key Component of the North Atlantic Current May Be Reaching Its Own Tipping Point
Adding to concerns about potential interruptions to the North Atlantic Current is the possibility that a subcomponent of that crucial network of currents, the Northern Subpolar Gyre, has been losing stability since the 1950s, indicating that it may also be approaching its own tipping point. While the consequences of an interruption in the Gyre’s circulation […]