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UB North Campus after blizzard December 2022.

UB North Campus after blizzard December 2022.

North Campus after blizzard conditions snowed in much of Western New York in December 2022. Photo: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo

UB summer research program to examine WNY climate and extreme weather events, including 2022 blizzard

_{Release Date: February 24, 2025}

BUFFALO, N.Y. — What role did a lack of ice on Lake Erie play in Buffalo’s 2022 blizzard? What are the chances that wildfire smoke from Canada will make its way to Western New York again? Undergraduate students will investigate these climate hazard and extreme weather event questions this summer at the UB’s Center for Geological and Climate Hazards.

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