Events
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Monday March 20 marks the beginning of astronomical spring for the Northern Hemisphere. Remember that for climatologists, spring begins on March 1, so we are already three weeks into spring from a weather standpoint! You can read more about the vernal equinox at EarthSky here.
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If you like adventure stories or stories about natural disasters, you will be interested in reading this interactive story about the massive fires that hit Fort McMurray in central Canada from the Canadian Broadcasting Company. It gives a timeline of the fire and the decisions made by the firefighters as the fire roared toward the…
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I’ll be doing a UGA training session on March 21 at 11 am EDT to provide a look back at the last year and winter and to look forward to the next growing season. This will be held by Zoom as an online webinar. I have a number of extension agents in Georgia signed up…
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The Georgia Climate Project (GCP) is a three-year effort by academic institutions across the state (including Emory, Georgia Tech, and UGA) to improve understanding of climate impacts and solutions in Georgia. GCP is working on something called the Georgia Climate Research Roadmap. The roadmap is an effort to identify and rank “Georgia’s Top 40” climate research questions.…
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Did you wake up this morning already feeling behind? The loss of an hour last night probably contributed to that. Dr. Marshall Shepherd has an interesting post at Forbes.com today about Daylight Saving Time. You can read it here. I used to be more concerned about it when I worked in Wisconsin and was doing…
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Once again it is time for the CoCoRaHS “March Madness” competition between states to see who will sign up the most new CoCoRaHS observers. So far this year, after six days, Florida with 24 new observers is edging out North Carolina with 21. South Carolina has 11 and Georgia just three, while Alabama has yet…
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March 1 marks the beginning of spring for climatologists–if you’re an astronomer, you will have to wait until later this month. Dr. Marshall Shepherd describes why we use March 1 as the start of spring in his Forbes.com blog here. Wednesday will feel like spring across the Southeast, including a chance for severe weather, so…