Rebecca Herscher
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first heard Jul 2025
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That's what's expected to happen next week.
Scientists are actively trying to understand whether climate change makes such events more likely.
Some studies suggest the jet stream is getting weaker as the Earth warms, while others find no such relationship.
What is clear is that polar vortex conditions can be deadly, especially in parts of the country that aren't accustomed to very cold weather.
Rebecca Herscher, NPR News.
About 40% of FEMA's workforce is on two- to four-year contracts.
This week, supervisors at the agency told their employees that expiring contracts will not be renewed, even for people who are actively working on rebuilding projects in places that were hit by hurricanes and wildfires in recent years.
That's according to several people who attended personnel meetings and who've requested that NPR not use their names because they were told they would be fired for speaking to the press.
FEMA and the White House did not respond to questions about why the cuts are taking place or how they will affect FEMA's ability to respond to disasters this year.
Rebecca Herscher, NPR News.
The ocean absorbs some carbon dioxide, one of the planet-warming gases that causes climate change.
But figuring out exactly how much carbon dioxide the oceans can absorb is very complex.
One reason it's so challenging is that there's not a lot of data collected in the Southern Ocean.
But sailboats that are competing in round-the-world races do collect measurements of ocean temperature in that region.
Scientists in Germany and Belgium found the sailboat data can improve computer models about ocean CO2 absorption.
The study was published in the journal Science Advances and recommends even more data collection from sailboats in the future.
Rebecca Herscher, NPR News.
The ocean absorbs some carbon dioxide, one of the planet-warming gases that causes climate change.
But figuring out exactly how much carbon dioxide the oceans can absorb is very complex.
One reason it's so challenging is that there's not a lot of data collected in the Southern Ocean.
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