Here is a long but interesting investigative story about how farmers in Saskatchewan, Canada, are dealing with changes in climate in their region over time. In Canada, they are seeing warmer temperatures, longer growing seasons, and more frequent extreme rainfall as well as drought. The farmers have taken a variety…
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There have been several stories in the news recently about great changes that are underway to weather forecasting. Here are a couple that you might find interesting. Forbes: The National Weather Service Will Soon Simplify the Vast Maze of Weather Alerts They Issue New Yorker magazine: Why Weather Forecasting Keeps…
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You hear a lot about the impacts of global warming due to the emission of greenhouse gases in the news these days, and rightly so. But there are other things that humans are adding or subtracting from the atmosphere that are changing the climate too. Here are two stories that…
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Today Mount Ulawun erupted in an explosive eruption that sent ash well over 50,000 feet in Papua, New Guinea. You can read more about the eruption at MSN at https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/papua-new-guinea-volcano-spews-ash-triggering-eruption-alert/ar-AADrDYQ. This is likely to have important consequences for the climate of the Southeast in the next few years, since strong…
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Now that we are back in a rainier pattern with more frequent showers and thunderstorms, it’s time for a refresher about how to determine how far away a lightning strike is. Contrary to some people’s views, when you see lightning strike and then count the number of seconds until you…
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For those of you who have been reading about the recent melting in Greenland, here is a very informative discussion by UGA’s resident expert, geography professor Dr. Tom Mote. He does field work in Greenland most summers and knows a lot about the dynamics of ice sheets there. You can…
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Dr. Jonathon Foley is a former graduate of the University of Wisconsin like I am, and has spent much of his life looking at the impacts of changing climate on the earth. Here is a short and easy to read discussion of how we know climate is changing and where…
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