Interesting weather images
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This week NASA announced that it has produced a new visualization of how carbon dioxide moves around the globe. It shows how CO2 moves around the earth and between the northern and southern hemispheres. You can really see the difference in the two hemispheres in terms of land area and plant life. You can read…
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NOAA has just released a very nice photo retrospective of the 2016 hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin. The season was considered as “above normal” this year because of the number of storms. Be sure to check it out at https://portal.nnvl.noaa.gov/arcgis/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=2961a294abf74674a30bd973703c91d3.
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The Global Surface Water Explorer is a new website/app which allows you to look at changes in surface water over time using archived LANDSAT data. Changes include both lakes shrinking as water is diverted to irrigation and water supply and lakes growing as glaciers melt faster than they can gather new snow. You can read…
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The Guardian published a troubling photo article which shows the drying up of many of the world’s biggest lakes over the last few decades. The reduction in lake levels is being caused by a combination of drought with warmer temperatures and diversion of inflow for irrigation and other needs. You can see the before and…
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A beautiful new video from the Savannah College of Art and Design in cooperation with UGA’s Marine Extension, Georgia Sea Grant and the Georgia Forestry Commission explains the importance of natural landscapes and how they reduce stormwater runoff. Not only do they reduce erosion but they also trap pollution and help keep it from getting…
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The web site Adventures in Mapping shows a new drought map for the Southeast which captures the complexity of the current (fortunately waning) drought in our region using colored dots to represent drought intensity and frequency. You can read more about it and find a link to explain how they made the map at https://adventuresinmapping.com/2016/12/06/six-months-of-drought-in-the-american-southeast/.
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High winds with gusts to 70 mph ahead of the cold front that is moving into the Southeast caused forest fires in North Carolina and Tennessee to flare up, resulting in a panicked evacuation of Gatlinburg TN late in the evening on the 28th. You can see pictures and video of the smoke and fire…