The Forest Service’s Southern Research Station has produced a new map for the United States which shows the extent of forested plots that have at least one invasive species present. The study that the map is based on shows that in Southeastern forests, about 39 percent of all the plots…
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I admit that I am a sucker for “best” lists around New Year’s. Having said that, I think you’ll also enjoy this slide set of the 50 best science and technology images of 2015 from Popular Science magazine. There are several of weather and agriculture included in the set. Happy…
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Climate Stories NC is a web site which collects videotaped stories of how changes in climate are affecting the citizens of North Carolina, including fishermen, beekeepers, wildlife managers, and others. You can visit and watch these short videos at http://climatestoriesnc.org/.
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I love to look at nature photography, and today I found two stories on fantastic photographers who make images of snowflakes and waves. Here are links below to the stories along with some striking pictures of snowflakes up close and ocean waves. The snowflake story also has a link to…
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My Facebook feed this week has been abuzz with a recent photo of Kelvin-Helmholtz waves taken by Brad Peterson in Utah earlier this week. K-H waves are caused by rolls of turbulence between two smoothly flowing layers of air and were named for scientists Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz….
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TIME magazine has just come out with their compilation of the most spectacular weather images of the year. There’s no doubt that these twelve photos are amazing, but since I have many meteorologist friends who are also photographers, I’ve seen some other photos which rival these. Take a look and…
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National Geographic is known for their fabulous photographs of scenery, people and infrastructure. In the past week I’ve run across a couple of interesting slide shows from NG that describe the importance of soil on life and how remote sensing by cameras and other instruments can highlight natural and man-made…
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