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After a long and tortuous process, the Supreme Court decided 9-0 today that Florida had not proven its contention that overuse of water by Georgia farmers and water users a decade ago had led to the decimation of its oyster crop in Apalachicola Bay. The decision mentioned the over-harvest of oysters by Florida as well…
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Unlike February, March was much closer to the expected La Nina conditions. Temperature everywhere across the Southeast was warmer than normal. In a reversal of the usual trend, daytime high temperatures were more above normal than the nighttime lows. Precipitation in most parts of the region was drier than normal, but a few wet pockets…
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If you missed the Georgia Climate Project webinar on Wednesday, March 31, you can view the recording on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5exS51mBEtk. Thanks to those of you who attended!
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has a new web site! It looks fresh and has a lot of great information. One of the products they have is a seasonal summary for the region. The latest one for December 2020-February 2021 is now available at https://sercc.com/periodic-reports-quarterly/. Go and read it, and take a look at their…
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Today Climate.gov posted a Science Brief on recent research findings about the trends in tropical storm activity due to warming ocean temperatures associated with the changing climate. They describe how cyclone intensity has been measured and how it is increasing. They also describe likely changes in the tropical atmospheric conditions in the future and how…
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The updated April 2021 outlook was released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that warmer and drier than normal conditions are expected across the region for most of the month. If this verifies, we will have to watch carefully for the onset of drought in some areas, since plants are coming out of…
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In Japan, they have been keeping track of the peak bloom date of their beautiful cherry blossoms for over 1,200 years. This year, they bloomed earlier than ever before, beating out the old record set in 1409 by a day. After holding steady for the first thousand years of the record, the date of the…