Climate science
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As a climatologist, I am frequently told by people skeptical about climate change that “the climate is always changing.” Of course, climatologists know this because we were the ones that discovered those changes in the first place with the collaboration of paleobotanists, chemists, geologists and other scientists. We also know that the climate of the…
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It’s going to be very cold in the Southeast for the next few days. Climatologists are already bracing themselves for people to say “I could use a little global warming about now.” Besides demonstrating that they don’t understand the differences between weather and climate, it shows a disdain for the science behind predictions of how…
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Many areas of the Southeast received very heavy rain in the storm earlier this week. In Georgia, I have heard reports of up to 7 inches or even more in a few isolated locations. Since there is not much growing right now, that heavy rain has likely caused problems on some farm fields with erosion…
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Over the last few weeks I have seen a lot of discussion about the change in the weather pattern that has occurred due to the weakening of the polar vortex over the North Pole. There is a lot of misinformation about what the polar vortex is and how it affects weather and climate in the…
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If you are interested in out-of-the-ordinary weather, you might be interested in this recent article about places that have unusual weather conditions: Where to Experience the World’s Most Unusual Weather Phenomena — Daily Passport. There is also a good list of unusual weather conditions that are not tied to a particular location from the National…
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For those of you who like to read about the intricacies of the atmosphere, you may be interested in taking a look at NOAA’s new Polar Vortex Blog. Like the ENSO blog, it will go into depth about how the Polar Vortex is affecting our local weather. This time of year the Polar Vortex can…
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Webinar Wednesday December 5 at 12:00 ET on Southeast Chapter of the 5th National Climate Assessment
If you have time on Wednesday, December 5 at noon Eastern Time, you might be interested in attending a webinar on the Southeast chapter of the 5th National Climate Assessment. In this 1-hour webinar, you can learn about the key messages of the chapter and how climate change is affecting the Southeast in several different…