Pam Knox
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Thursday, December 21, is the date of this year’s winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. You can read more about it at EarthSky at https://earthsky.org/tonight/years-shortest-season-starts-with-december-solstice. They also have an interesting article describing the difference in sunlight hours at St. Augustine FL and New York City NY at https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/solstice-tale-of-two-cities.
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If you are interested in taking an online class on climate change science, communication and action, you should check out this 3-week class offered from Cornell University which will be offered in January and February. You can get more details and register at https://civicecology.org/course-climatechange/.
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When I drove to Birmingham this past weekend, I noticed a lot of damage to trees along the interstate, especially in the areas that got the most snow in our recent event. What do you need to do to take care of the trees and bushes that were damaged by the snow? Paul Pugliese has…
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Earthsky posted a great new timelapse of clouds today, this time a cloud inversion over the Grand Canyon. You can watch it at https://earthsky.org/earth/grand-canyon-cloud-inversion-timelapse?mc_cid=49991aa01e&mc_eid=b22da16cce.
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Our partner the Southern Regional Extension Forestry group has a new newsletter available. You can read it here.
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The latest NOAA global climate summary was released today. It shows that for the globe as a whole, November was tied for 5th warmest, September through November was the fourth warmest, and 2017 to date was the third warmest on record. You can read more information about sea ice and other global climate stories at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201711.
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Here is an interesting story about how farmers in the Plains are returning to tilling after years of no-till. The concept of no-till was driven in large part by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, when tilled fields literally blew away in the strong winds that accompanied the major drought then. The article’s title is…