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'It's been coming down in bucketfuls': Jasper ski area in Alberta sees unprecedented early-season snowfall


CBC News
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:45 UTC
Snowfall at Marmot Basin Wednesday afternoon
© Marmot BasinSnowfall at Marmot Basin Wednesday afternoon
While the early snowfall in parts of north and central Alberta likely ruined more than a few late-summer plans this week, it already has some winter warriors thinking about heading to the slopes.

Marmot Basin ski resort in Jasper National Park posted a photo to its Facebook page Wednesday boasting a bounty of fresh snow that's fallen on the mountain in the past day.

Brian Rode, vice-president of marketing and sales at Marmot Basin, called the recent snowfall unprecedented.

"Next year will be my 40th season here, and I have never, never seen this kind of snow at the end of September," Rode said Wednesday. "It has just been snowing like mad all morning long."

The photo, taken at 1 p.m. Wednesday, has already garnered thousands of online reactions from alpine enthusiasts.
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Better Earth

Current Arctic sea ice extent is the eighth lowest on record

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:27 UTC
arctic sea ice
© NASA/C. Starr
I called the Arctic sea-ice turn upwards a few days ago here. From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER and the "you could also say 31st highest on record" department.

End-of-summer Arctic sea ice extent is eighth lowest on record.

Arctic sea ice appeared to have reached its yearly lowest extent on Sept. 13, NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder have reported. Analysis of satellite data by NSIDC and NASA showed that at 1.79 million square miles (4.64 million square kilometers), this year's Arctic sea ice minimum extent is the eighth lowest in the consistent long-term satellite record, which began in 1978.
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Weather bureau in the Netherlands erases record cold in De Bilt

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Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:27 UTC
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The Netherlands Meteorological Institute erased the record cold temperatures recorded on Sept 16 in Amsterdam. Also anomalous numbers have already been filled out for the rest of the years months of average temperature. A new report about global cooling pegs London, Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon as cities to look for cold in, and Paris and Amsterdam are are already showing these signs.


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Snowflake

Abrupt turnaround: After months of dry weather, snow recorded in the Cascades, Washington


My Northwest
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:15 UTC
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There wasn't much of a transitional period between Western Washington's dry summer weather and the inevitable wet fall and winter many of us dread.

After enjoying temperatures in the mid-to-high 70s Saturday, things cooled off Sunday and the rain returned.

Within three hours on Sunday, it rained five times as much in Seattle as it had between July through the first half of September.

By early Monday morning, it was snowing in the mountains.

"FIRST SNOW AT STEVENS PASS! September 18th, 2017!" a message on the Stevens Pass Mountain Resort Facebook page read.

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Snowflake

Up to a foot of snow dumps on fire burning in the Crazy Mountains, Montana


The Livingston Enterprise
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:41 UTC
Reconnaissance flight on Sept. 17 for the Blacktail Fire in the Crazy Mountains
© Jade MartinReconnaissance flight on Sept. 17 for the Blacktail Fire in the Crazy Mountains
No surprise — recent rain, snow and cooler weather has put a big dent into the Blacktail fire in the Crazy Mountains and will likely lead to lifting of Stage 1 fire restrictions in the area this week.

Eight to 12 inches of snow fell on parts of the Blacktail fire, U.S. Forest Service Public Affairs Officer Kathy Bushnell said Monday morning.

"It was definitely quite the change of weather conditions," Bushnell said. "... There hasn't been a lot of fire activity over the last few days just because the fuel is getting wet from all the moisture."
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Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, Oregon sees inches of snow before summer ends


katu.com
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:21 UTC
Timberline Lodge had several inches of snow on the ground on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.
© SBGTimberline Lodge had several inches of snow on the ground on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.
Timberline Lodge is getting a dose of winter weather - in September.

Several inches of snow have fallen at Timberline Lodge since Monday morning. Meteorologists say this type of weather is unusual this time of year.

Usually the lodge sees sticking snows in October, not before the first day of fall.

The snow begins about halfway up Timberline Road and it quickly turns to thick, slippery conditions a couple miles from the lodge.
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Snowflake

Parts of Spain receive earlier than normal snowfall

Sean Campbell
Euro Weekly
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:10 UTC
snow Spain
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Spanish snow has arrived in September.

A red hot summer has given way to a milder yet still-warm autumn but as holidaymakers continue to flood the Costas in search of sun and sand, those in the north have seen rain and snow.

The Pyrenees and Cantabrian mountains have proved a peculiar sight as they were dyed white in September, much earlier than normal.

Ski resorts in the highest peaks of the Pyrenees have been covered in blankets of snow.

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Cold weather arrives early in the Northern Hemisphere

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Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:06 UTC
Running coach Paul Lind poses next to first snow on Ben Nevis
Running coach Paul Lind poses next to first snow on Ben Nevis
Snow pack still remains on Ben Nevis in the UK which just received its first snowfall. Snow pack still remains at Squaw Valley with snow predicted next week, these two areas of the planet will see those pockets grow from here. Record cold in Amsterdam & Texas. August snows in Switzerland and Sweden, Greenland 1C from record as well.

A look at Farmer's Almanac using sunspots to forecast temperatures.


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Arrow Down

Chocolate tax soon? - Claim: Chocolate CAUSES climate change

Eric Worrall
Watts Up With That
Sun, 17 Sep 2017 01:37 UTC
Swiss Chocolate, author angelcandy.baby,
© WikimediaSwiss Chocolate.
The Chocolate Climate Worriers have switched tactics, from claiming that climate is going to kill all the cocoa plants, to claiming we should feel guilty about wanting chocolate in the first place.
New Research Suggests Cocoa Trade Fueling Climate Change

Is your chocolate bar damaging the environment?
17/09/2017 8:07 AM AEST

LONDON, Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Your afternoon chocolate bar may be fueling climate change, destroying protected forests and threatening elephants, chimpanzees and hippos in West Africa, research suggests.

Well-known brands, such as Mars and Nestle, are buying through global traders cocoa that is grown illegally in dwindling national parks and reserves in Ivory Coast and Ghana, environmental group Mighty Earth said.

"Every consumer of chocolate is a part of either the problem or the solution," Etelle Higonnet, campaign director at Mighty Earth, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

"You can choose to buy ethical chocolate. Or you're voting with your dollar for deforestation."

Mars and Nestle told the Thomson Reuters Foundation they are working to tackle deforestation.

"We take a responsible approach to sourcing cocoa and have committed to source 100 percent certified sustainable cocoa by 2020," Mars said in an email.

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Ivory Coast, Francophone West Africa's biggest economy, is the world's top cocoa grower.

While the bulk of its 1 million cocoa farmers ply their trade legally, Washington-based Mighty Earth estimates about a third of cocoa is grown illegally in protected areas.

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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/09/16/new-research-suggests-cocoa-trade-fueling-climate-change_a_23211943/
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Larsen B part 2? Massive iceberg drifts further from Antarctic shelf (SATELLITE IMAGES)


RT
Sun, 17 Sep 2017 15:42 UTC
Larsen C Ice Shelf, on the Antartic Peninsula
© AFPLarsen C Ice Shelf, on the Antartic Peninsula.
A mega iceberg four times larger than London continues to drift further out into the Antarctic Weddell Sea, with fears its movement could lead to the demise of another major ice shelf.

Satellite images taken from space reveal iceberg A68, which calved away from the Larsen C ice shelf in July, has markedly shifted its position.

The breakaway made A68 the biggest iceberg on record, weighing an astonishing one trillion tonnes.

Highlighting the massive iceberg's "drifting," climate professor Stef Lhermitte posted photos to Twitter from European Space Agency's Sentinel 1 satellite and NASA.

Comment: See also: New satellite images show Antarctica's 1 trillion ton iceberg in stunning detail

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