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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/.
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Quartz magazine online published an article recently describing challenges to food and water safety in the future if climate continues to get warmer. Both water-borne diseases and microbial and chemical toxins in food are expected to increase under those conditions. For example, aflatoxins are expected to increase in warmer weather. Aflatoxin is “a mycotoxin common in…
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Earlier this week I posted a blog entry noting the large number of forest fires in the Pacific Northwest. Numerous articles noted that the number is far above the long-term average. However, Cliff Mass of the University of Washington has a slightly different take on it. In a blog posting today, he notes that while…
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The National Hurricane Center is issuing an advisory on a small circulation in the Gulf of Mexico over the panhandle of Florida. While the chance of development into a tropical system in the next 48 hours is small at 10%, it could still bring gusty winds and locally heavy rain to the area near the…
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