Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast | Interesting weather images

Photos: Before and after pictures of NC coast after Hurricane Dorian

Sep 14, 2019 | Written by Pam Knox

Hurricanes and tropical storms can remake coastlines. This is one reason that we evacuate people from vulnerable coastal areas even when storms stay out to sea. Here is a set of before and after images of the North Carolina coast before and after Hurricane Dorian approached the area. In some…
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Vote for the “Weather Photographer of the Year”

Aug 26, 2019 | Written by Pam Knox

Do you love to look at amazing photos of the weather? Then you will enjoy visiting the Royal Meteorological Society’s contest page for Weather Photographer of the Year. You can view 24 fantastic weather photos and vote for the one that you like the best. Go to https://www.photocrowd.com/photo-competitions/photography-awards/wpoty-2019/vote/ to cast…
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Find the “climate stripes” for your county

Jun 17, 2019 | Written by Pam Knox

You may have seen the graphic “climate stripes” for the US showing the annual temperature for each year as a colored stripe. They’ve been made into scarves, rugs, ties and other articles and show how recent years are warmer (redder) than previous years. It’s an interesting way to view the…
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Hurricane Michael’s Impact on Vegetation as Seen from Space

May 19, 2019 | Written by Pam Knox

Here is a really neat image and accompanying story on the damage to vegetation in southwest Georgia caused by Hurricane Michael last year. The winds from this storm were so strong that it blew down leaves across a wide swath of land well in advance of when they would usually…
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Photo essay: Australia’s central deserts

May 17, 2019 | Written by Pam Knox

If you like beautiful pictures of earth, you will enjoy this photo essay showing the rivers and lakes in central Australia, a desert which is now in the depths of drought (yes, deserts can have droughts too). It’s from ABC News Australia here.
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Landscape photos of the year

Feb 19, 2019 | Written by Pam Knox

If you like beautiful images of the landscape, especially those containing weather elements, you will love this slide show of the winners of the 2018 Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. See them at the Beauty of Planet Earth here.
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New data visualization tool from Arizona State University

Jan 21, 2019 | Written by Pam Knox

A new data visualization tool called PolarGlobe has been made available by scientists at Arizona State University. While it focuses on information from polar regions, it has global atmospheric circulation and also some ocean circulation information at multiple levels. I haven’t had the chance to play with it much yet,…
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