The other atmospheric pattern contributing to the fire and ice phenomenon is atmospheric blocking. Atmospheric blocking refers to a large-scale, persistent weather pattern where the normal west-to ...

Robert Frost once pondered whether the world would end in fire or ice. This winter, America doesn’t have to choose. Understanding our climate’s new patterns doesn’t make them any less ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Last week we discussed how the sane pattern delivering snow, ice and bitter cold to our area was indirectly impacting the wildfires that are ranging in Southern California.

There is a link between declining sea ice in the Arctic and worsening fire hazards in the Western ... U.S. over the past four decades; there was a pattern. The scientists want to identify ...