History
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The BBC produced a short timeline which describes some of the important events in expanding our knowledge of how humans are changing climate, going back to 1712 and the invention of the first steam engine that used coal and 1824, the first scientific mention of the earth’s natural greenhouse effect. If you think that scientists’…
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In their latest blog post on historical hurricanes to hit North Carolina, the Corey Davis of the NC Climate Office looks at Hurricane Hazel, which hit 65 years ago today at the only category-4 hurricane to ever hit the state. You can read more about it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=301&h=5666e5c1.
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I know some of you like to read about the history of climate and agriculture. Here is an interesting story from Atlas Obscura about the Mayan civilization and how it drained swampland to make irrigated farmland that provided food for their society. They are still finding more places where farmland was created, which indicates that…
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In their latest posting about historical hurricanes and tropical storms that have affected North Carolina, the North Carolina Climate Office describes how Frances, Ivan and Jeanne crossed the state during a three-week period in 2004, dropping torrential rain and resulting in the wettest month ever in the western part of the state. You can read…
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Did you know that the National Weather Service used to provide weather kiosks in the downtowns of major cities which had Weather Bureau offices? This was to provide local weather information to pedestrians and downtown businesses. But because of their design and their likelihood of being vandalized, they were phased out. The last remaining one…
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If you have ever wondered about who makes the weekly Drought Monitor map and how it started, you may be interested in reading this story below on the history of the DM. Here is the first drought map put out by the DM in January 2000 and today’s map. ——————————————————————————————————————- The process of creating…
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The North Carolina Climate Office has issued the latest in their series of blog posts looking at historical hurricanes and their impacts on the state. Next up is Hurricane Hugo, which hit North Carolina in September 1989, causing huge problems inland because of the strong winds associated with the hurricane’s rapid movement through the region.…