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While there is no drought in the Southeast this summer, we are still seeing impacts of past droughts on trees around the area. WABE published a story this week describing the consequences of drought-damaged trees when severe storms bring high winds to the area. You can read about it at https://news.wabe.org/post/summer-storms-bring-down-drought-damaged-trees-atlanta.
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The biggest climate news this week was the release of the annual State of the Climate report for 2016. Written by nearly 500 scientists from 60 different countries (including a number of my friends) who look at many different aspects of the earth-ocean-atmosphere system and the trends in many variables, it provides an unparalleled look…
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According to a recent New York Times article, a recent study in Geophysical Research Letters has shown that sea levels in parts of the Southeast are rising at six times the global average rise. Scientists have proposed a new mechanism for this oddity: Two large-scale atmospheric patterns had intersected to push up the water off the…
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NOAA released the national climate summary for July 2017 this week. It shows that this July was the 10th warmest in 123 years of record for the US. The year to date average temperature is the second warmest on record after 2012 at this time of year. It is also the seventh wettest year to…
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The final Colorado State University hurricane forecast for this year’s Atlantic season was issued this week. It shows a continuation of expected above average numbers, really not much change from their earlier season forecast. Warm water in the Atlantic has passed the 80 F threshold needed for storms to form in many parts of the…
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Did you know that an eclipse that passed through the Southeast in 1900 helped scientists understand how weather is affected by the blocking of sunlight during the eclipse? Here is a great story about how they picked the spot to observe it and what they found from the National Centers for Environmental Information: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/1900-total-solar-eclipse.
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For those of you who like to look at weather that is more than just local, here is a story about some Spanish meteorologists who are providing information on current Mars weather conditions. While they don’t do it every day, they are allowing us on Earth to learn more about the Martian atmosphere from the…