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This is an extension of a Daily Bucket I posted last week about the impact�of the polar vortex on lake ice formation in the Great Lakes.� That story covered the southern tip of Lake Huron and part ...
by Clickadee
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on Fri Feb 06, 2026 at 06:30 AM PST
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Every February, the nation indulges in a strange ritual: crowds huddle, a portly rodent is hauled out of his den, and a prediction about the coming weeks of weather is announced. Like clockwork, Punxsutawney Phil emerges, peers at the landscape, and...
by AshleyBell4Congress
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on Tue Feb 03, 2026 at 10:14 AM PST
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Don’t Blame the Groundhog, Blame Republicans Every February, like clockwork, America gathers around a chubby rodent, a tiny top hat, and a ceremony that somehow feels both sacred and deeply unserious. Punxsutawney Phil emerges from his burrow, squints...
by HowardSapp4Congress
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on Tue Feb 03, 2026 at 08:58 AM PST
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By now you’ve probably seen more than a few news stories warning of another potential big winter storm, this one mainly threatening the East Coast, - there will be low temperatures as well. Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center...
by xaxnar
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on Fri Jan 30, 2026 at 06:27 AM PST
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Yay for scientists!� And I’m surprising myself to write this, but I’m appreciating the polar vortex.� In other Daily Buckets I’ve written in the past, I’ve delved into why lake ice is so ...
by Clickadee
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on Mon Feb 02, 2026 at 07:00 AM PST
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What’s the southernmost point of the US? In the Continental States it’s Key West, FL. Counting all 50 States, it would of course be the Big Island of Hawaii’s southern point, Ka Lae. But including all Incorporated Territories, it would be this small...
by Tippy and Dad
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on Tue Jan 20, 2026 at 10:00 PM PST
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For the folks in a hurry amid the pounding of war drums, here’s the tl;dr on this subject. The Arctic Report Card 2025 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was released just before Christmas and got minimal media coverage. As in the...
by Meteor Blades
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on Mon Jan 05, 2026 at 09:00 AM PST
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Guest: Richard Von Glahn from People Not Politicians Also: Gaza's fragile ceasefire 'Shock' election in AK NC GOPers plan new 2026 gerrymander... On today's BradCast: The War in Gaza may be in the middle of a very fragile ceasefire, but the Wars both...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Oct 14, 2025 at 07:17 PM PDT
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Despite Trump administration’s best efforts to suppress it, climate science is alive and well online Hundreds of scientists worldwide are collaborating to combat misinformation by making accurate climate information widely available to the public.
By � Bob Berwyn �for Inside Climate News
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by Inside Climate News
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on Thu Oct 09, 2025 at 06:00 AM PDT
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President cites 'radical left' as 'enemy', tells nation's generals U.S. cities should be 'training grounds for military' Governors push back Also: Why Trump welcomes a government shutdown... Trump lives and dies by ratings and reviews. Well, the...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Sep 30, 2025 at 07:29 PM PDT
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As to the re-emergence of the Sharpie-gate idiocy, something is not sitting right. On July 25, the story broke that 2 NOAA employees, physicist Stephen Volz and attorney Jeff Dillen, were relieved of their positions.[1] The unsigned NOAA statement...
by Diamondman
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on Tue Aug 26, 2025 at 09:14 AM PDT
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(This was originally posted on my blog at ibegtodiffer.substack.com Amidst all the hoopla these days about how exciting, useful, amazing and life-transforming artificial intelligence will be, a key factor being completely ignored is its impact on our...
by dweb8231
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on Thu Aug 14, 2025 at 01:27 PM PDT
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For better or worse (mostly worse), Texas plays a role in almost every story we cover today... It's a tough call on today's BradCast as far as which is worse: the stupidity or the outrage in response. (It's the stupidity, stupid.) But we report, you...
by TheBradBlog
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on Thu Aug 07, 2025 at 07:09 PM PDT
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Isn’t it great to finally be living in a blessed era where genius business CEOs run the government? Finally, some real gains in productivity!
Forget your “4-Hour Workweek.” Screw “The 7 ...
by Lisa Needham
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on Thu Aug 07, 2025 at 03:45 PM PDT
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Once again, trump reverses course — DoD will continue sharing satellite data with NOAA: Days before the Pentagon was set to cut off access to satellite observations that help meteorologists track hurricanes overnight, Defense Department officials told...
by 1BQ
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on Wed Jul 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM PDT
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A cartoon by Jack Ohman.
Related |� The Texas flash flood is a preview of the chaos to ...
by Jack Ohman
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on Wed Jul 09, 2025 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
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by ProPublica
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on Wed Jul 09, 2025 at 09:00 AM PDT
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Even as the acknowledged body count has soared past 100, with another 170 listed as still missing, an official with one of the rescue/relief agencies was telling CNN that the true death toll along the Gaudalupe River in Texas may be hundreds more. As...
by Irontortoise
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on Tue Jul 08, 2025 at 05:01 PM PDT
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Also: As climate change-fueled storms killed more than 100, Trump signed GOP budget bill gutting landmark Biden/Dem clean energy initiatives... We're back live for today's BradCast after our 4th of July break last week. I wish we were back with better...
by TheBradBlog
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on Mon Jul 07, 2025 at 06:18 PM PDT
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A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | EPA chief clashes with MAGA over weather conspiracies Campaign Action
by Clay Jones
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on Sun Jul 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM PDT
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