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Here is an educational resource for middle school teachers and others who work with kids that age. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with six other federal agencies—National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA, NASA, U.S. Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management—developed a kit to aid educators in teaching how climate…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the area of moderate (D1) drought in southwest Alabama has more than doubled in size since last week’s map. Areas of abnormally dry (D0) conditions have also expanded. With no rain expected in the next week, it would not surprise me if we see further expansions…
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I’ve heard many complaints about this year’s winter forecast and how far off it was. Here is an excellent discussion of how seasonal forecasts are made and how they can be off. They show that for what we knew in November, a typical La Nina pattern was the most reasonable forecast. The things that changed…
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The monthly climate summary for North Carolina is now available. They include statistics on temperature, precipitation and snowfall. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=334&h=5666e5c1.
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Last week’s Georgia Climate Project webinar on how climate change is affecting Georgia’s weather is now available for viewing on their YouTube Channel. It features several speakers talking about how the climate of the Southeast is changing and how it is affecting weather patterns in the area. You can watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArWjO110F6A&list=PL9kAedrE5bBHj8u3lIzsi1JmBHjne5LRF&index=5. You can…
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UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant are offering a new free online class on designing rain gardens for coastal Georgia. It will be held on March 13 from 10 am to noon online. Rain gardens are designed to manage stormwater runoff to reduce flooding and improve water quality. The class is designed for homeowners,…
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Today is March 1, and that means that it is now climatological spring. What a crazy winter it has been! Climatologists tie the start of spring to the beginning March for a number of reasons. Originally it was done for convenience when people had to do their climate average calculations by hand, but now you…