Arctic air is descending on the lower 48 states, bringing with it life-threatening extreme cold, heavy snow and rain, and blizzard conditions. Research suggests the rapidly warming Arctic is playing a role in creating more opportunities for cold air to dive south.
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The extreme cold will also likely, and tragically, illustrate the heavy toll of extreme weather on people experiencing homelessness.
Could this be a Test for Texas Grid?
In addition to driving methane gas prices even higher for families across the central U.S., the cold will also likely test the Texas electrical grid, which crashed catastrophically in 2021, mostly due to failure of the ... gas system.
More than 7,300 megawatts of new wind, solar, and energy storage capacity has been added to the Texas grid in the past year, and could help keep the grid stable.
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