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I am not a fan of spicy food but I know some of you are. Here is a consequence of the California drought that you might not have seen–a shortage of the spicy Sriracha hot sauce that many people use in Asian cooking due to the failure of the red chile pepper crop in California…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region should experience a moderate amount of rain this week. The driest part of the region will be Alabama, with parts of the state expecting less than half an inch of rain. But most of the rest of the region should see around an inch,…
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You may have heard or read about the lengthy drought that has been impacting the western US over the last decade or two. Since written records only go back into the 1800s, scientists use tree rings to provide proxy data that can help identify when rainfall was scant, since trees don’t grow much in a…
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The latest La Nina outlook for June 2022 and beyond was issued today by NCEI. It shows that there is a 59% chance of La Nina in early winter after a slight decrease in the likelihood of La Nina this summer. You can read more about it at June 2022 ENSO update: how does your…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought expanded in North and South Carolina and Georgia but was reduced in other Southeastern states due to the pattern of rainfall this past week. Drought also expanded significantly in Puerto Rico, where over 60 percent of the island is now in moderate (D1) drought.
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Today is World Oceans Day. In honor of the day, EarthSky posted a link to NASA’s Perpetual Ocean video, a 3-minute compilation of ocean currents from 2005 to 2007 across the globe. You can view it and read more about it at EarthSky | Video: Perpetual Ocean will wow you.
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Grain farmers across the world this year have taken a hit from war, drought, and severe weather. This article from Reuters discusses recent challenges that French and Italian farmers have had with their wheat crop at a time when supplies of wheat are quite low due to the bottleneck in Ukraine and bad weather in…