Winter forecast: Brutal cold, snow for Midwest

Another punishing winter is likely for the north-central USA, according to a forecast released today by the private weather forecasting firm AccuWeather.

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Chicago area expected to endure worst winter weather in nation - Beacon News

Winter’s going to clobber Chicago again, hitting us with colder than normal temperatures and nearly twice the normal amount of snowfall.

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Persistent global warming could bring down herbivore populations

This decrease occurs because herbivores grow more quickly at high temperatures than plants do, and as a result the herbivores run out of food.

“If warmer temperatures decrease zooplankton in the ocean, as predicted by our study, this will ultimately lead to less food for fish and less seafood for humans,” says co-author Benjamin Gilbert of U of T’s ecology and evolutionary biology department.