Trend magazine produced an interesting map of the earth this week showing where water is being gained or lost using microgravity measurements from satellites. It shows that some areas of the world like the Central Valley of California are losing water due to groundwater depletion, while the big ice sheet…
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This week the US Environmental Protection Agency released a new report on the costs of the changing climate and the benefits to consumers, businesses, and others on making choices that help prevent the worst effects of a warmer climate. Some of the figures in their report were previously shown in…
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It’s taken almost a year, but we have completed our look at the Georgia Climate Project Roadmap. For those of you who joined us late, this is a list of 40 of the most important research questions (determined by a working group of about 60 Georgia scientists) facing scientists who…
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Earlier this week, the astronomical season changed from winter to spring as we passed the vernal equinox. Of course, climatological spring started on March 1. If you are interested in learning more about the equinox, then EarthSky has a great discussion here. Happy spring!
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This week’s question from the Georgia Climate Project Roadmap has to do with how researchers can communicate what the impacts of climate change on health will cost the state. We know that there will be impacts due to increases in mosquit0-borne disease, heat-related illness, and other health-related impacts, but what…
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You may remember that the development of the ozone hole in the stratosphere due to the presence of man-refrigerant gases which interfered with the absorption of ultraviolet light was a huge issue a number of years back. Due to the banning of these gases, the ozone hole has finally begun…
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My friend and colleague Deke Arndt, a climatologist at the National Centers for Environmental Information, recently published a series of graphs showing how distributions of temperature have changed over time. On these graphs, each line represents a different month. The blue “hump” shows the distribution of daily temperature (either maximum…
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