Periods of intense cold, such as the recent polar vortex, can impact the survival of many native and invasive species. Learn more in my latest article for the Outside Story. #invasives #polarvortex
https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/cold-survival
Amazing! Here are the veggie plants that are still alive and kicking, having made it through multiple #PolarVortex with subzero temperatures this #winter in the #lowtunnel.
Best explainer of ‘Global Warming? so why is it so cold during winter?’
Listen/Watch meteorologist Bill Karins:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGUJRzYtMo-/?igsh=aXVvbXV1OHFjbjB6
#ClimateChange #PolarVortex
#Bees didn't make it through the second #PolarVortex in late January. Did an inspection today. Can't figure why they never moved up into upper deep super full of capped #honey & so they froze. Looked like a lot died in the first #PolarVortex & the remainder during the second. I pulled 8 frames full of capped honey (both sides) & brought them in. I'm going to have to extract honey soon. Left the other mostly empty frames out there in a deep box. I will have to put lure out soon. #beekeeping
I decided to make a longer #video ca 10 mins (editing is..fun..lol) Cutting #firewood in the #bush on a couple of recent #cold days
I make noise with tarps, crunch around on snow, use a chainsaw + wood splitting maul (big heavy axe- don't call it an axe..lol). Lots of ASMR some plain old noise + jibber jabber as I talk + pretty #forest views of frost crystals falling
Spectra to follow
https://youtu.be/NiryPEQvdEI
#Alberta #Canada #CountryLiving #BorealForest #Getoutside #frostodon #PolarVortex
More cold weather across the U.S. this week so you're probably hearing the term "polar vortex" once again. Yes it is the cause of the cold air, but there's a lot of confusion about it. I wrote a post about the polar vortex and how it works.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/meet-the-polar-vortex/
Life-threatening cold' expected as polar vortex stretches across U.S. after deadly weekend flooding
https://apnews.com/article/winter-weather-60715bce197e1668e9a225801acc967e
Very cold weather is coming. US about to get 10th and chilliest polar vortex this winter
https://apnews.com/article/cold-icy-polar-vortex-winter-freezing-850b99054b73770de43db1b1918ee8c5
When you hear that the #polarvortex is making temperatures much colder than ‘normal’, remember that the #climate is shifting the goalposts on normal.
https://buff.ly/4hDnGpl
The bliss of fresh snow
May be lost in translation
At fifteen below
#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #January #Seasons #Winter #Cold #Frigid #Polar #PolarLow #PolarVortex #Ohio #Akron #USA
January 24, 2025
#Goldenretrievers are rays of sunshine with 4 legs & a tail. I pupsat my goddog Todd this week & it wasn't the best timing what with the #polarvortex & then battling a stomach bug caught from my grandma's funeral last Saturday. I've had little to no appetite all week + diarrhea. Todd knew I wasn't 100% & has been attentive & a cuddlebug at my feet & on the couch. He's been great letting me wipe his paws each time we come in from a walk.
#dogsofmastodon #mastodogs #fedidogs
If you needed a reason to wear a mask aside from showing your care and support for disabled people, they are also really good at keeping you face cozy against a wind chill.
#allyship #polarVortex #ally
It's -17°C in Montreal this morning but we have a new trainer, new chain, and a cleeeean drivetrain.
Current polar vortex situation.
And guess who gets to go to work because “we don’t wait for busses, you’ll be fine”?
(This is -19.4 Celsius)
#PolarVortex #weather
This photo was taken at ~0740 today.
Here in SE Pennsylvania we do not have the infrastructure for prolonged periods of these temperatures, and plenty of folks aren't even prepared for one day like this.
Please check on neighbors & friends.
Stay safe, be warm.
My California-childhood concern for water waste comes in terrible conflict with my adult-Canadian fear of frozen pipes on nights like this. We have to keep the upstairs back bathroom faucet running or everything will exploded when it's -25 tonight.
EXTREME COLD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY for the entire state of Minnesota.
* WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills will drop to between 35 and 40
degrees below zero.
* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central,
southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and
west central Wisconsin.
* WHEN...Until 10 AM CST Tuesday.
The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite
on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Let's observe a moment of silence for Manny Manchego's missing .
He had some cat food and is now resting comfortably inside the warm hallway bathroom. He is an outdoor barn cat that definitely won the lottery to be able to come inside during the #PolarVortex. Good time to get neutered! #CatsOfMastodon