[MCN] Is our daily routine combustion of fossil fuels driving higher wind speeds? A sampling of 3 analyses.

[Lance Olsen]

Climate Change May Be Causing Stronger Thunderstorm ...

eos.org
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 <https://eos.org/articles/climate-change-may-be-causing-stronger-thunderstorm-wind-gusts>
Dec 20, 2023 — Climate change may be causing stronger thunderstorm wind gusts. A new study suggests straight-line wind events are increasing in a warming climate.Read more <https://eos.org/articles/climate-change-may-be-causing-stronger-thunderstorm-wind-gusts#:~:text=Climate%20Change%20May%20Be%20Causing,Stronger%20Thunderstorm%20Wind%20Gusts&text=A%20new%20study%20suggests%20straight%2Dline,increasing%20in%20a%20warming%20climate.>
Climate Change and Strong Winds

ClimateData.ca
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by M Morris · 2025 — A Canada-focused study concluded that strong wind gusts (with wind speed exceeding 70 km/h) are likely to become more common in a warming ...Read more <https://climatedata.ca/news/climate-change-and-strong-winds/#:~:text=A%20Canada%2Dfocused%20study%20concluded%20that,common%20in%20a%20warming%20climate.>
Wind: The overlooked wild card in climate change

The Maine Monitor
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 <https://themainemonitor.org/wind-the-overlooked-wild-card-in-climate-change/>
Jun 6, 2021 — A 2019 study found that in the preceding nine years the global average wind speed increased nearly 6 percent, from 7.0 to 7.4 mph. Anecdotal ...Read more <https://themainemonitor.org/wind-the-overlooked-wild-card-in-climate-change/#:~:text=A%202019%20study%20found%20that,more%20breezy%20and%20gusty%20conditions.>



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"The increasing role of warming on large-scale snowpack variability and trends foreshadows fundamental impacts on streamflow and water supplies across the western USA."

Gregory T. Pederson, Stephen T. Gray, Connie A. Woodhouse, Julio L. Betancourt, Daniel B. Fagre, Jeremy S. Littell, Emma Watson, Brian H. Luckman, Lisa J. Graumlich. “The Unusual Nature of Recent Snowpack Declines in the North American Cordillera.”  Science, Science Express, June 9, 2011

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