Pam Knox

  • Growing Georgia posted a story this week from Reuters on the impact of the very cold weather in the eastern US on ethanol production. The cold temperatures, combined with high corn prices, has reduced the output of ethanol from many Midwestern ethanol plants. In addition, the cold is also hampering the movement of rail cars…

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  • The Associated Press posted an interesting article this weekend on how the recent cold weather has been affecting crops in Georgia. As you might expect, the cold has been great for fruit farmers, at least in terms of accumulating chill hours, although the length of the cold periods has caused some significant damage to some…

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  • Only three category 5 hurricanes in 2017

    While 2017 was a very active year for the Southeast in terms of hurricane impacts, it was actually a year with very few Category 5 storms globally, according to a Weather Underground article earlier this year by Dr. Jeff Masters. Two of the three Cat 5 storms were Irma and Maria, both of which affected…

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  • Here’s an interesting story about a group led by University of Arizona scientists studying jet stream position using tree ring analysis. By looking at the density of wood produced late in the growing season, the scientists were able to produce a long history of high-summer jet stream locations dating back to 1725. This time series…

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  • The Tampa Bay Times has an interesting story this week about how rising sea levels are threatening many historic sites along the Florida coast, including many historic forts, Native American sites, and other heritage sites. This is also true of other Southeastern states, where many historic sites are located near the coasts because of their…

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  • Lee Shearer of the Athens Banner-Herald has an interesting story about a new island that was created along the Georgia coast by storm surge associated with Hurricane Irma last September. According to the story, the new island formed when the storm shifted the channel of Blackbeard Creek and blew out part of a narrow finger…

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  • EarthSky: Snowflake pictures!

    Even if we don’t see much of the white stuff in most years here in the Southeast (this year excepted), it’s always fun to look at pictures of snowflakes and dream of white yards from inside a warm house. EarthSky has posted some amazing photos of snowflakes from their readers here. The story also includes…

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