Climate science
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Vox.com had an interesting article this week which discussed the history of the Fahrenheit and Centigrade temperature scales and why the US is the only major country that still uses the Fahrenheit scale. You might enjoy reading about the controversy here. Marshall Shepherd, UGA Geography professor, posted a blog article this morning discussing the topic and…
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The Georgia State Climatologist, Bill Murphey, has let me know that their office has a new website address. You can find them at https://epd.georgia.gov/office-state-climatologist.
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One of the frequent claims of climate change skeptics is that climate scientists are making up or falsifying data to make it appear that the Earth is warming. You may have heard this from some of your own clients who based their beliefs on stories promoted in some media outlets. However, this “zombie theory” has…
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After my post earlier this week about atmospheric rivers, I was pleased to see that the blog of EDEN (Extension Disaster Education Network) also posted a story on atmospheric rivers, also know as the “Pineapple Express”. You can read their blog posting and view a neat animation at https://blogs.extension.org/edenotes/2015/02/11/weather-wednesday-the-pineapple-express/
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Climate is a difficult thing to predict because of the number of different factors that have to be taken into account. The WhyFiles blog has a recent detailed article which describes some of the things that climate scientists have to think about when making projections of climate in the future. This posting includes several paragraphs discussing…
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In the last few years meteorologists have become increasingly aware that some of the most intense rainstorms on the West Coast are caused by concentrated bands of moisture that pour water vapor into the region. These bands are called “atmospheric rivers” because they act like a conduit to bring high volume rain events to California,…
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This week there have been a number of stories on attitudes about climate change and global warming in the news. Since many of you communicate about weather and climate impacts on agriculture to people with a broad variety of perspectives, I wanted to point out some stories that might be helpful in setting the debate…