Coastal
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There have been several interesting stories in the news this week about impacts of sea level rise around the country. Savannah Morning News points out that sea level rise is already causing impacts in Chatham County, where Savannah is located, in https://savannahnow.com/news/2017-04-22/sea-level-rise-already-evident-chatham-county. The Weather Channel noted that sea level rise, along with salt water encroachment and…
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In the past I have watched and enjoyed the reality television show “Deadliest Catch”, which shows the life of Alaskan crab fishermen competing to get the most crabs in the limited harvest season. But in recent years, the ships have been forced to move farther north into more dangerous waters farther from their home harbors…
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Of all the places in the United States that are experiencing changes due to a warmer climate, Alaska is on the forefront. I thought this Bloomberg article on how Alaska is (and is not) handling the warmer climate was interesting. Their coastal cities are especially vulnerable to increased sea level and lower amounts of sea…
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I generally try not to talk much about politics on this blog, but this story has big implications for anyone who uses weather forecasts in their daily planning, which includes most agricultural producers. Here’s the notice from the Washington Post: “The Trump administration is seeking to slash the budget of one of the government’s premier…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has a new publication available which describes some methods local communities can take to prepare for and adapt to changes in climate. A list of chapters in the publication is below. Chapter 2: Overcoming Barriers to Climate Adaptation discusses potential social and legal barriers. Chapter 3: Overall Strategies discusses smart…
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Climatologists know that the most likely place to first see the impacts of a warmer world is in the Arctic, where feedbacks due to snow and sea ice and their effect on the albedo make climate very sensitive to small temperature variations. Albedo is the reflectivity of the earth’s surface, and snow and ice are…
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Don Paul, a television meteorologist from Buffalo NY that I follow on Facebook, has an excellent description of why sea levels are rising and the consequences of both rising sea levels and subsidence of land on coastal cities and ecosystems. You can read it at https://buffalonews.com/2017/02/03/don-paul-ominous-duo-rising-seas-sinking-land/.