News Release Executive Office of the Mayor, DC Department of Public Works, District Department of Transportation, DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency and DC Department of General ServicesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:January 30, 2021CONTAC
DC declares Snow Emergency in advance of winter storm Matt Pusatory
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Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the emergency beginning at 9 a.m. Sunday through 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Issuing the snow emergency allows plow drivers to clear snow emergency routes curb to curb.
The emergency means drivers may not park on snow emergency routes. Vehicles parked on those routes may be ticketed and towed.
Find a map and list of the snow emergency routes at snow.dc.gov.
D.C. s District Snow Team will begin preparing for the first significant snowfall in two years at midnight on Sunday, the mayor s office said.
BBC Science Focus Magazine
On 19 August 2020, the world’s largest and longest polar research expedition – known as MOSAiC – reached the North Pole. The MOSAiC Expedition was the first time a modern research icebreaker was able to reach the vicinity of the North Pole all year round, including for the first time during a polar winter.
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The purpose of the expedition was to take a close look at the Arctic and study the effects of global climate change.
The expedition was divided into five legs, with teams being changed regularly. A total of 600 people took part in physical operations during the mission, and many more will be involved in the processing of the data gathered.
In North Dakota, accessing some of our winter fisheries has changed. With SnoBears and other tracked vehicles that can go just about anywhere, people are getting to some of these more remote lakes that used to maybe only get pressured seven out of 10 years. The other three years access would be close to zero because of deep snow, said North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries division chief Greg Power. Now anglers can get to them every year and they are good at what they do. They find fish and they catch fish.
The question is whether fish populations can withstand the technological onslaught.