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The huge reservoirs that store water in the Western US are so low that with the continuing drought there, they are expected to reach historic lows this summer. This could trigger the federal government’s first-ever official shortage declaration and lead to cuts in Arizona and Nevada’s water supply. Lower lake levels also means a reduction…
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It is now generally agreed by scientists that liquid water used to exist on Mars, and that liquid contributed to some of the geological features that we can still see on the surface of Mars today. But there is no liquid water on Mars now, and even the amount of liquid water that remains in…
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The National Drought Mitigation Center now offers two ways to get monthly drought summaries. One is a Drought Summary that describes the current drought situation across the US by the weather and climate data that describe shortages of water, and the other is a more story-based summary that provides an Impact Summary of the drought…
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Tom Skilling, WGN television meteorologist, gave this report on Facebook today about the volcanic eruption that is ongoing in the Caribbean: The Caribbean’s La Soufriere Volcano isn’t likely to have the cooling effect of 1991’s mammoth Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines–but it’s released the most sulfur dioxide of any Caribbean volcano of the satellite…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that the rain this week will be concentrated in a band running through the northern half of the Florida Peninsula along a stationary front there. Areas north and south of the front will stay mostly cool and dry, although some showers cannot be ruled out. By Thursday and Friday…
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Here is an interesting story about a unique way of farming in Tunisia that takes advantage of the ability of fresh water to float above saltier water. The farmers take advantage of this property to grow vegetables in sandy crops irrigated by the lens of fresh water. The fresh water reaches the roots of the…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their latest monthly and seasonal forecasts this week. They show that May, the May-July period, and the August-October periods are all expected to be warmer and wetter than normal for most of the Southeast. The warmer than normal conditions reflect the long-term trend towards warmer temperatures we have observed since…
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