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Here is a listing for a webinar on agriculture, water and climate that is being offered by the Longmont CO science museum on Thursday October 14 at 7:15 pm MDT (9:15 pm Eastern Time and 8:15 pm Central Time). According to their website, “The Earth system is interconnected, and the water cycle is one important…
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It’s a little early to talk about suggestions for holiday presents, but I got this list of climate fiction books from Outside magazine in my email today and thought I would jump in. With supply issues likely to be a problem as we get closer to Christmas, you might want to get a headstart on…
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If you like your climate forecasts in podcast form, you will enjoy listening to this podcast from the Alabama Crops Report featuring David Zierden, the Florida State Climatologist. He discusses the current climate situation, the Atlantic tropical season, and La Nina and the outlook for the rest of the year. It’s about 17 minutes long…
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Here is another weather-related lesson plan, this one for younger grades from NASA. In it, the students design and build their own rain gauges to measure daily rainfall. This teaches them about engineering skills as well as a better understanding of how to measure rain. You can view more information and download a teachers’ guide…
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Reuters posted a story this week on how one vineyard owner in France is increasing his income and improving his wines by putting solar panels above his grapevines. The solar panels produce energy that can be used or sold. The panels provide shade to the vines to help keep them cooler in warming weather. The…
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Here is a website that has monthly temperature and precipitation maps for the continental US going back to the 1920s. You can use it to look up what the anomalies and extreme climate were for any month since then. Just for fun I produced the map below showing the extent of extremely cold temperatures that…
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(UPDATE: New map as of 10:30 pm) I’ve been getting a few questions about how quiet the tropics are right now and whether we are done with the tropical season for this year. Here is the answer from Bryan Norcross, a television meteorologist from Miami with many years of experience in tropical weather. I follow…