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CNN produced an interesting quiz based on information from Project Drawdown, which is aimed at reducing greenhouse warming in our everyday lives. You can take the quiz here. As you take it, you will note that many of the best solutions don’t have to do with reducing meat consumption or…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office published a report on the latest severe weather outbreak which affected the Southeast last Friday and Saturday. In NC they experienced 13 tornadoes along with numerous other reports of severe weather. You can read more about their outbreak at http://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=282&h=5666e5c1.
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You’ve all seen mirages. One of the most common is a phantom image that looks like water on a highway. Mirages are caused by vertical variations in temperature that can bend light rays, resulting in distant objects looking much different than their actual appearance. Atlas Obscura has an interesting article…
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Fast Company posted an interesting story this week on a recent map produced by AT&T showing where their infrastructure in the Southeast is likely to be affected by impacts due to climate change, including inland flooding, sea level rise, and high intensity winds. The map looks a little odd to…
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With all of the severe weather we’ve had in the last couple of weeks, you might be wondering how those storms are tracked and warned. The New York Times put out an article this week on NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, who puts out the outlooks for regions of the country…
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Most areas of the Southeast will see less than 1/2 inch of precipitation this week, with most of that falling next weekend. Calm, cool and dry weather are expected for most areas until then.
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Earlier today I posted about the newly released final report on Hurricane Michael from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. You can find the link to the report in an earlier blog post today. Here is an interesting article from Bob Henson at Weather Underground which looks into the details of the…
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