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The Stripling Irrigation Research Park of the University of Georgia is celebrating Smart Irrigation Month in July by continuing to help growers maximize water-use efficiency in agriculture. You can visit their website at https://striplingpark.org/ to learn more about the activities that go on at this facility in Camilla GA. On July 8, they are hosting a regional…
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Every Fourth of July, revelers shoot millions of fireworks up into the sky, releasing smoke and fumes into the atmosphere. But what is the impact of all the explosions? NOAA has released a new study that looks at the increase in particulate emissions during July 4 celebrations and shows that the fireworks displays temporarily…
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Whether it’s nature’s fireworks in the form of thunderstorms or the more traditional variety, I hope you enjoy a sky full of light. Have a wonderful Independence Day with family and friends! A special thanks to those who work today to keep us safe, including the National Weather Service employees who monitor for severe weather…
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The New York Times noted in a story earlier this week that sometime later this summer, a United jet will fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco using biofuel from farm waste and oils derived from animal fats. This is a first step by the airlines to convert more of their fleet to lower-carbon alternatives than…
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If you are an astronomer, today marks the official start of astronomical summer (for climatologists, it started on June 1). The sun reaches its northernmost point in the sky at 12:39 PM EDT. You can read about the solstice at https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/june-solstice.html. EarthSky also has a nice gallery of photos taken at Stonehenge in England, where the…
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I want to take a minute to recognize Jordan McLeod, former University of Georgia graduate student, as the winner of the 2014-2015 WxChallenge, a yearly national collegiate weather forecasting competition. You can read the UGA press release here. Jordan is now a climatologist with the Southeast Regional Climate Center in Chapel Hill, NC, a great source…
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The Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow network, called CoCoRaHS for short, is a network of volunteer precipitation observers across the US and now into Canada as well. They collect daily rainfall observations in a set of uniform rain gauges and enter the data into their website at https://www.cocorahs.org. Today is CoCoRaHS’s 17th birthday. Here…