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Climate Scientist Publishes Trends in 'Weather Whiplash' Events

Who hasn鈥檛 heard the somewhat sarcastic phrase 鈥淚f you don鈥檛 like the weather, wait five minutes鈥? Did you know there is now a term for this? They are called 鈥榳eather whiplash鈥 events.

Many wonder if climate change is the reason we鈥檝e had these day-to-day dramatic changes from hot to cold or cold to hot.

As a climate scientist, Cameron Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆传媒, gets asked this question a lot. Looking beyond just the average temperatures and statistical means, he decided to take a more analytical look at weather whiplash and add to a growing body of climate change literature examining temperature variability trends. Read the full story.

POSTED: Monday, January 17, 2022 12:11 PM
Updated: Friday, July 26, 2024 09:28 AM