#temperatureextremes — Public Fediverse posts
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How #ClimateChange Is Reshaping Your Garden (And What You Can Do)
by barbara, July 19, 2025
"As our climate continues to shift, gardeners are noticing significant changes in traditional growing patterns. Plants that once thrived in specific seasons are now experiencing confused growth cycles, with some flowering too early and others struggling to adapt to unpredictable temperature swings.
"These fluctuations affect not just when plants grow, but how well they develop. Warmer winters can trick plants into breaking dormancy too early, leaving them vulnerable to late frosts. Meanwhile, extended growing seasons might seem beneficial, but they can lead to pest problems and throw off the natural timing of pollinator relationships.
"Many gardeners report seeing spring bulbs emerging weeks earlier than usual, and fall plants staying active longer into winter. While this might temporarily increase production in some regions, it also creates new challenges for maintaining healthy plant communities. The key is to work with these changes rather than against them, selecting varieties that can handle temperature swings and implementing season extension techniques when needed.
"To help your garden adapt, consider creating #microclimates using #WindBarriers and #shade structures, and experiment with different planting dates to find new rhythms that work in your changing environment."
#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChangeAdaptation #TemperatureExtremes #Gardening #WildlifeCorridors #GardeningForPollinators #Microclimates #SoilHealth #ClimateResilience #Rainbarrels #WaterCollection #Drought #ExtremeRain #DroughtTolerantPlants #ClimateChangeGardening
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We saw a lot of this last year... Not good for the plants (or critters). Temperature extremes can cause hibernating/dormant life-forms to wake up before winter is over!
Experts issue warning about powerful weather phenomenon that could soon impact US: 'This looks to be a prolonged event'
Story by Timothy McGill, November 20, 2025
Excerpt: "The forecast now is calling for the country's rollercoaster ride of temperatures to continue. Weather whiplash saw at least 90 cold records fall from Nov. 9-12, followed by at least 40 record highs broken in a single day, only around a week later. The U.S. could now be on the cusp of a record-breaking cold snap settling in about a week from now.
"Our overheating planet is weakening and destabilizing the #PolarVortex, driven by changes in the Arctic. The region is warming almost four times faster than the global average. Our warming world is supercharging this phenomenon known as #ArcticAmplification."
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/sudden-stratospheric-warming-arctic-weather-patterns/
#ClimateChange #ExtremeTemperatures #WeatherWhiplash #TemperatureExtremes #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel
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Sweating to shivering: Study finds rapid swings in temperature have increased
Flips between warm temperatures to cold and vice versa have become quicker, more frequent and more intense in recent decades, a new study shows.
By Christina Kelso | The New York Times
| April 26, 2025, 8:00 a.m."A September heat wave switching into a snowstorm over one day in the Rocky Mountains. Winter snowfall suddenly melting and saturating fields of dormant crops, before refreezing and encasing them in damaging ice. Early spring warmth prompting plants to blossom followed by a cold snap that freezes and drops their petals.
"Rapid temperature change events like these have increased in frequency and intensity over recent decades, a new study found.
"The transition periods for these abrupt temperature shifts have also shortened, according to the study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.
"Because the quick changes in temperature give communities and ecosystems little chance to respond, they may pose greater challenges than heat waves or cold snaps alone, said #WeiZhang, an assistant professor of climate science at Utah State University and one of the lead authors of the study.
" 'The impact could really be cascading on a different level,' he said.
"The researchers warned these temperature flips could have damaging effects on people and natural #environments, including destruction of #crops, harm to #ecosystems and strains on #PowerInfrastructure. And #LowIncomeCountries, where there is less access to weather forecasting and infrastructure is less resilient, are more vulnerable.
"The researchers examined temperature data from 1961 to 2023 to identify global patterns in sudden weather shifts, where temperatures in an area either jumped from cold temperatures to warm or plunged from warm to cold within five days. They found that instances of these flips increased in more than 60% of regions they surveyed.
"The largest increases in frequency were observed in South America, West Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Some areas, including the polar regions, showed different behavior and experienced fewer events.
"While the climate mechanisms driving changes to these temperature-flip events are not yet fully understood, Zhang said, there is a significant trend showing that these events are becoming more frequent, stronger and quicker in many areas of the globe."
Read more:
https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2025/04/26/utah-state-university-study-finds/#ClimateChange #TemperatureExtremes #WeatherWeirding #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #ClimateDiary #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel
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Today (10/21/2024), nearby #FryeburgMaine reported a high of 78°F (26°C). Early yesterday morning (10/20/2024), they had reports of #FreezingFog and temperatures of 28°F (-2°C). That's a variation of 50 degrees F in the span of a little more than a day!
Source:
https://forecast.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KIZG.html#MaineWx #TemperatureExtremes #ClimateDiary #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel #MaineWeather #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis