Tag: Societal Impacts
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Beating the heat in Chicago
With cities facing more extreme heat waves, scientists used NCAR-based WRF-Urban model to study which Chicago neighborhoods would benefit most from green roofs
- Climate,
- Weather
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Impacts of El Niño and La Niña to intensify as climate warms
When an El Niño or its opposite, La Niña, forms in the future, it's likely to cause more intense impacts over many land regions — amplifying changes to temperature, precipitation, and wildfire risk — due to the warming climate.
- Climate
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Rain-on-snow flood risk to increase in many U.S. mountain regions
Flooding caused by rain falling on snowpack could more than double by the end of this century in some areas of the western U.S. and Canada due to climate change.
- Climate,
- Water
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UCAR Congressional Briefing: Moving research to industry
A panel of experts highlighted federally funded scientific advances that enable the growing weather industry to deliver targeted forecasts to consumers and businesses.
- Government Relations