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Every once in a while when you look at a rainbow you see extra bands of colored light along the primary bow. These are called supernumerary bows. Here is a great picture of one taken over New York posted in EarthSky. You can read more about it here. Be sure to check out the link to…
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For those of you who like sailing and exciting stories, here is a story from Smithsonian magazine I ran across today on the Mobile Bay sailing disaster of 2015, when hurricane-force winds “swept more than 100 boaters into one of the worst sailing disasters in modern American history.” Surprisingly, it is a story I don’t…
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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…