Richard B. (Ricky) Rood is a professor emeritus at the department of climate and space sciences and engineering and the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan.
Frigid Temperatures Are Way below Normal This Week, but ‘Normal’ Is Getting Warmer
Blasts of Arctic air have brought frigid temperatures that are much colder than normal to parts of the U.S., but that “normal” background is warmer than in the past
Diagnosing ‘Warming Winter Syndrome’ as Summerlike Heat Sweeps the U.S.
Winter is warming faster than any other season, leading to changes such as ice storms and rain in regions that were once reliably below freezing—a situation that one expert dubs “warming winter syndrome”