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Measurements of sea level have shown that sea level in most areas of the world is increasing. This is due to the impacts of warming ocean water, which expands as it gets warmer, plus the additional water added to the oceans by the melting of glaciers and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. The impacts of…
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According to a recent news story in CBS News, a new study published in Environmental Research Letters projects that the onset of spring plant growth will shift up by an average of three weeks by the year 2100 due to climate change trends. The trend to warmer temperatures are expected to shift the dates of first…
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There are many sources of climate data online. I’ve discussed a number of them before, and you can find them by searching this blog for the category “Sources of weather and climate data.” Here are a few more tools that you can use to look at trends in climate and some other related information over…
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The online course on animal agriculture and climate change that was produced by one of our supporting grants is now available for free as a self-study course at the link below: https://www.extension.org/pages/73079/climate-change-and-animal-agriculture-self-study-topics#.VikF7NKrS71 You can learn more about the course at https://animalagclimatechange.org/free-online-course/. Each module can be taken individually. The list of topics covered is below. WEATHER…
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This week’s Drought Monitor shows a small area of severe drought (D2) returning to the south coast of Alabama after continuing dry conditions there. Moderate drought also expanded across the state last week. Rainfall is expected to return to the area in the next seven days, which may help alleviate the dry conditions.
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If you like to watch satellite loops of interesting weather, you will enjoy the submissions for the CIMSS (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies) for their 40th anniversary celebration. You can see them all at https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes_40th/contest/results.html.
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In recent climate news all of the attention has been on the upcoming winter and what to expect from El Niño. Most predictions show that we should start the growing season with plenty of soil moisture, and perhaps so much that field work is delayed in spring. But many farmers are also wondering what the…