Coastal
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My meteorologist friends have been filling up social media today with the latest information on Hurricane Joaquin, currently a strong category 2 storm in the Atlantic Ocean. (Note: at 11 pm it was increased to a major Category 3 hurricane.) It is moving slowly southwest now but is expected to make a sharp right turn and…
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Another great map I found this week describes the spatial pattern of light pollution across the US (there are also maps for other countries available online). This map was described in an article in The Week magazine. The US map below shows the amount of light pollution across the US. The areas in green are…
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PBS Newshour put together a 4 minute video describing some current research by UGA professor Merryl Alber to study what happens to coastal marshes when you change them from fresh water to salt water. This is expected to happen as sea level continues to rise in the next century. You can see the video and read…
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Recently I posted a story about nuisance flooding and its projected increase for parts of the Atlantic coast due to El Niño as well as rising sea levels. Here is a good FAQ on what nuisance flooding is and why it is important (link).
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In conjunction with the NOAA climate report released today, NOAA has provided a report on nuisance flooding at coastal stations along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts based on their coastal data sets. Nuisance flooding is minor coastal flooding driven by higher than normal tides coupled with unusually storm weather, not major flooding from storm surges.…
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The Augusta Chronicle ran an article in late August describing the effects that scientists expect will occur on Georgia’s coastline as sea levels continue to rise. You can read the article online here. Scientists from the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography are refining land elevation measurements and computer simulations to improve the prediction…
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NASA has an excellent 1-minute video on how rising temperatures are linked to rises in sea level. You can view it at the link here.