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Florida Politics posted a story this week on the four major impacts from Hurricane Michael on forestry in the Panhandle of Florida and in southwestern Georgia. They are storms, long-term flooding, fire threat, and pine beetle. With so much destruction of the forests there, the groves are now especially susceptible…
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A recent scientific study presented at the latest meeting of the American Geophysical Union suggests that the American Southwest may be in the beginning of a mega-drought, which is an extended period of abnormally dry conditions. A number of mega-droughts have been identified in the desert Southwest using tree rings…
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The latest monthly summary for the Southeast is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can view it at http://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportDecember2018.pdf.
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Here is a cool new web site that shows you where your address was millions of years ago when the continents were in significantly different places than they are now. You can read more and access the direct link here. And ask yourself how we know where the continents were…
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Earlier this month, Forbes.com published a simple and clearly written article describing what global warming is and how it works. I am not sure I would characterize it as the simplest ever, but it is still a good explanation of how carbon dioxide and other gases are affecting the temperature…
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Here is an interesting map put together by Brian Brettschneider on how the annual average temperatures in 2018 compare to previous years. It is based on 1289 stations around the US that have temperature records going back at least 50 years. What is shows is that for large parts of…
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After what seems like months of rain, the next seven days are expected to be completely dry across the Southeast, a welcome change for farmers and everyone else who is tired of being in cloudy and wet conditions. By day 7, there is a small chance of showers in western…
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