Climate science
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In the latest paleoclimate research published this week, climate scientists have been able to use a new source of proxy data to lengthen the known length of the Atlantic sea surface temperature from 100 years to 2,900 years using lake sediments from Sawtooth Lake in the Canadian High Arctic. The research shows that the last…
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There are a lot of different ways to get current weather information. One of the best ways to see weather patterns over space is to use a surface weather map to see what is happening in the atmosphere around you. Outside magazine provides a useful description of surface weather maps and how to read the…
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Modern life on earth depends on the presence of oxygen in the atmosphere. Now it is about 21 percent of the atmosphere, following nitrogen, which is the most plentiful gas. But there was a time in earth’s history when there was very little oxygen in the atmosphere. How did we get the current oxygen-rich atmosphere…
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Do you wonder why Hurricane Michael intensified so much just before it made landfall in 2018? A new study by NASA scientists looks at this question. The new study, published in Nature Communications, identifies pre-storm conditions that can contribute to this rapid intensification – an important step in improving the ability to forecast it. The study…
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For those of you who are in Georgia, you might be interested in this new web site recently introduced by the Georgia Climate Project. You can see it at https://www.georgiaclimateproject.org/portal/. This portal is intended to provide resources to address how climate change is affecting different sectors of Georgia’s economy and environment. The first theme is…
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A new report from NOAA assesses the vulnerability of each state to drought. According to their report, “If asked where in the United States is most vulnerable to drought, you might point to those states in the West currently suffering under hot and dry conditions and raging wildfires. However, according to a new NOAA-funded assessment, what makes a…
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This week the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a new paper which provided a series of maps describing how climate may shift in future decades. This gives a series of snapshots of how the climate region that is most suitable for humans and agriculture will shift as the climate gets warmer. You…