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Today marks the anniversary of the Indonesian volcano, Krakatoa, which erupted catastrophically on August 27, 1883. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has a history of the event at https://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/history/1883.shtml. It is considered to be one of the most explosive eruptions in history and it is said that the shock waves in the atmosphere went around the…
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The Japanese Meteorological Agency has a new weather satellite, the Himawari-8. It has incredibly high resolution pictures in both space and time. The CIMSS satellite blog (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center) has an example of the stunning images that are available from the satellite…
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Going to the beach in summer is a familiar and beloved annual event for many families in the Southeast. It is also a popular pastime in Europe. The Guardian published a provocative article this week on how changes in climate could affect beach tourism in Europe as the climate continues to warm, and how in…
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Many news sources have been providing stories on the current strong El Nino and its likely impacts on various parts of the world. For example, Discover magazine and many others have compared this El Nino to the record El Nino of 1997-1998, and many scientists feel the current one may end up even stronger than that…
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Late last month a story made the rounds of national newspapers about predictions of a new Little Ice Age that would hit the world in about 15 years, based on some solar research done by scientists in the United Kingdom. One example of the story from AOL.com is available here and a longer-more detailed story at…
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In the last month there have been several stories about bumblebees, a major pollinator, in the media. Here are a couple of the stories. Science Magazine reported on a story about the aerodynamics of bumblebees carrying pollen compared to nectar. Researchers studied the stability in flight of bees carrying nectar, which is held close to…
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The latest Drought Monitor was released this morning and shows a general increase in dry conditions across the region. Drought increased from 18 to 23 percent of the region, while abnormally dry conditions (which include the drought areas) increased from 43 to 53 percent. The small area of extreme drought in south central Georgia was…