Mount Washington White; Summer Snow Hits China’s Cold Pole; The Mauna Loa Test; + Pressure, Radiation, And The Planetary Temperature Fight
If Earth has become a net sink strong enough to overwhelm additions, Mauna Loa will show it.
Mount Washington White
June opened with snow on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.
A late-May cold front hit New England over the weekend. At elevation, more than 6 inches of snow fell.
Aided by strong winds, the Mount Washington Auto Road reported drifts up to 4 ft deep, closing roads.
By June 1, snow was still holding around the summit and across the upper slopes visible from Wildcat.
Summer Snow Hits China’s Cold Pole
A Siberian cold vortex pushed into Genhe, Inner Mongolia Monday, dusting rooftops, roads and fields with snow.
Local meteorological authorities said inches fell in the northern towns of Jinhe, Mangui and Alongshan.
Genhe is known as “China’s Cold Pole.” Winter lows can drop below -50C (-58F). Snow here is not shocking. But June snow is outside the normal window. Genhe’s average snowy period ends in early May, with June averaging highs near 22C (71.6F).
Authorities told farmers and herders to report crop and agricultural losses covered by compensation policies.
The Mauna Loa Test
A claim is spreading online that Earth may now be absorbing enough CO2 to alter the Mauna Loa curve.
