Real solutions for an ever-changing world January 26, 2021
Table Rock Fire Aerial Panorama, Idaho, June 2016, photo by Leo Anthony Geis
A global pandemic threatening lives and altering how societies function; catastrophic wildfires scorching western states. With these two calamities alone, communities around the world have been forced to withstand and rebound from acute threats and hazards.
To promote resilience among communities, Boise State launched the Hazard and Climate Resilience Institute (HCRI) in 2020.
“Universities are uniquely positioned to collaborate with their communities on societal problems,” said Dr. Brittany Brand, the institute’s director. “We offer expertise and resources that communities may not otherwise have access to. We are dedicated to working directly with our community to find innovative ways to address the grand challenge of building thriving, resilient communities. Our collaborative, whole community approach will ensure we translate rese
Here s what you need to know about El Nino/La Nina in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas - There is a lot that goes into forecasting the weather and everything gets more complicated when you start to involve climate and semi-climatic events. Of those semi-climatic events, El Nino and La Nina are the most famous and most influential to Texas’ weather.
So what is it? According to Paul Yura, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in New Braunfels, it’s this big interaction. It’s the air currents, along with the ocean temperatures, which then change the rain patterns, which all of that then changes the jet stream configuration. So it’s complicated to say the least.
Local Area Looks To Avoid Eighth “Brown Christmas” in Twenty Years
December 24, 2020 5:03 am
Saga Communications
Northwest Iowa (KICD)– We all know the song about dreaming of a white Christmas and chances are looking good that it will happen this year despite outlooks saying otherwise earlier this week.
Peter Rogers is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls. He tells there are specific criteria we have hit to “qualify” for a white holiday.
Historically over the past 20 years the Spencer area has seen more “Brown Christmas” holidays than many may believe.
In case you are curious we have AVERAGED a little over four inches of snow for Christmas over the last 20 years with the highest amount being in 2009 when two feet of the white stuff was on the ground on Christmas morning.
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