Jack Scheff interviewed about the ongoing ‘snow drought’ in the region
Jack Scheff, associate professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, discussed the warming winters and the longest run without snowfall in the area.
Scheff described climate change as “adding dots to the dice.”
“Let’s say with the climate dice, originally you could roll a one through a six,” said Scheff. The one represents a colder season. A six means a warmer winter. “Maybe now, we’ve just painted another dot on each of the dice.”
This means one, the coldest roll, is no longer an option. The upper range of possible temperatures for a region also increases. Now, our imaginary climate die can roll two through seven, as the range of possible temperatures shifts higher.