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On this rainy Friday, I want to highlight a recent study which was published in Nature Communications. From Wikipedia: Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrɨkɔər/) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek, petra, meaning ‘stone’ + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek…
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I’m pleased to announce that there is a new web site for Georgia Climate available at https://www.gaclimate.org. When you visit, you will notice that this blog has a prominent place on the top of the home page. Inside the web site you will find a variety of information on Georgia climate and a number of…
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Climate Central published an article last week describing the devastating 2011 wildfire season in the Southwest. The widespread fires can be attributed in part to warmer temperatures but are also related to lower humidities, since warmer air has the potential to hold more moisture than cooler air. In the article the author points out that the…
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NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory has put out a video which shows the change in carbon dioxide over time in the atmosphere on a variety of time scales. It is interesting to see the difference between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The Northern Hemisphere has more land and less ocean than the Southern Hemisphere…
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Rome Ethredge of Seminole County noted in a recent blog posting that he is seeing some damage to small grains due to the cold temperatures we had earlier in the month. Most of the damage is due to leaf damage since the heads have not emerged yet. The worst damage is most likely to be…
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of a weather event which caused significant damage to agriculture across the Southeast as well as many other problems. A major cold outbreak spread over the Eastern US, extending all the way down into Florida. It caused at least 126 deaths and killed off 90 percent of the citrus crop…
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On paper, 2014 was close to an average year climatologically for Georgia. The annual average temperature was 63.0 F, just 0.4 F below the 1901-2000 average. The annual total precipitation was 51.13 inches, just 1.06 inches above the average. Both of these are well within the range of what is considered a “normal” year. But…
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