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Self.com posted an interesting story a couple of weeks ago about how cold weather affects your joints and can make them more painful. There are several factors which can lead to painful joints. One theory is that cold conditions make blood retreat to your body core, leading extremities like legs…
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USA Today noted that of the top five worst weather disasters in 2018, the top three were in the United States. On top of the list were the forest fires in California, followed by Hurricane Michael and Hurricane Florence. A big hit for the US again this year! You can…
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If you’ve ever wondered how climate models work and why climatologists use them to look at the future climate, you might be interested in this long but excellent description of climate models and how they are used. There is a lot of excellent detail in this presentation at https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-do-climate-models-work.
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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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