Climate science
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The journal Science published an article today which shows an updated historical climatology of global temperatures produced by NOAA. The newly revised temperature timeline shows that unlike previous analyses, the new timeline shows that there has been no substantial slow-down in the rate of temperature increase on the globe. The previous theory about the “hiatus”…
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The Florida Climate Institute has a page of FAQ’s (frequently asked questions) available on the topics of climate variability and climate change in Florida and the Southeast. While some of the answers are specific to Florida, many of them are applicable across the Southeast. You can find them at https://floridaclimateinstitute.org/resources/faqs#faqnoanchor. They also released a press statement…
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Today is June 1, and that means the official start to the Atlantic hurricane season. Of course, this year we’ve already been visited by Tropical Storm Ana, which brought rain to the eastern Carolinas and some high surf along the coast. Quite a few other seasons had a storm before the “official” start date, so…
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Jordan McLeod of the Southeast Regional Climate Center put together this nice graphic showing the impact of Atlanta on summer rainfall in North Georgia. Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA provided the commentary and posted it on Facebook.
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A heat wave in southeast India has caused the deaths of over 1,100 people over the last week. India recorded its highest maximum temperature of 47 degrees Celsius — 117 degrees Fahrenheit — at Angul in the state of Odisha on Monday, according to B.P. Yadav, director of the India Meteorological Department. The extreme high…
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EarthSky published an infographic earlier in May which describes the hottest and coldest temperatures on Earth. You can find it here. The hottest place in the US? Death Valley CA, with a record high temperature of 134.1 F. I was disappointed to see that they did not list the coldest record for the US though.…
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Historical records of climate have only been around for about 150 years, although there are a few earlier records. Yet climatologists often talk about the climate hundreds and even millions of years ago? How do they know what the climate was long before weather instruments were available? The key is the use of what we…