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Late in June the New York Times reported that scientists measuring the carbon dioxide of the atmosphere have found a troubling trend–even though emissions of CO2 have leveled off globally, the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere is continuing to rise. This makes the scientists wonder where the rising CO2 is coming from. Is the…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows seasonal rainfall over most of the Southeast, with the driest areas in the northern half of the region. This is probably a good thing after the rain that has hit the area from post-tropical storm Cindy this week. Cooler temperatures should also reduce stress across the region. The Florida…
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NASA’s ClimateBits has an excellent short video on what an urban heat island is. You can watch it below from YouTube. The urban heat island can be seen in cities as small as Athens GA (population about 115,000) and I think you could even see effects in smaller cities with distinct urban centers. In Athens…
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If you’ve been following the travel news the last few days, as I have, you might have noticed that the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport has had to cancel some flights because of record-setting high temperatures there this week. Newser.com has a short article about it here. If you’re interested in the science behind why planes…
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In conjunction with the tidal flooding forecast I put out earlier today, here are some interesting stories about rising sea levels I have seen in the past few weeks. Washington Post: Scientists say the rapid sinking of Louisiana’s coast already counts as a ‘worst case scenario’ Quartz.com: The US is relocating an entire town because…
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In NOAA’s monthly weather briefing on Thursday, they provided a special section discussing the forecast for high tides and coastal flooding for the US in 2017 following record high flood events in 2016. Here are a couple of slides I captured from the briefing. They show that two areas in the Southeast set all-time records…
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A recent study by NASA scientists shows that climatologists may be underestimating the amount of rain that might fall in the future because of underestimates in the loss of high-level clouds in the tropics. You might think that less clouds means less rain, not more, but because these high clouds can change the energy balance…