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As a confirmed map and photo geek, I love to look at maps and pictures that show spatial arrangements of land surfaces, both natural and manmade. This week I ran across the Daily Overview site from the International Business Times, which shows a variety of aerial photos that depict human land uses across the world, including…
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This week’s Beyond the Data blog from NOAA provides some insight into how the annual report on the State of the Climate gets put together. Over 400 experts on climate around the world work together to ensure that it is a complete and accurate description of the past year’s climate, which results in a report…
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The Washington Post has an interesting infographic on where energy comes from in each of the 50 states. You can find it at https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/power-plants/ with breakdowns by individual sources.
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The July 2015 climate summary for Florida is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-july-2015.
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July 2015 was warm across the state of Georgia, with departures of slightly over 1 degree F across the region. The warmest areas were generally also the driest. Precipitation varied from 3.4 inches below normal near Macon to 5.1 inches above normal near Brunswick. Temperatures across the state were above normal almost everywhere. In…
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The latest monthly climate summary for North Carolina is now available at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=144&h=5666e5c1.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution had a long and detailed article in yesterday’s paper on Georgia’s agriculture, including the variety of crops grown and changes that are expected in the coming years due to market demands, water shortages in California and elsewhere, and changes in recent climate. You can read the article at https://specialprojects.myajc.com/georgia-farm-change/.