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A recent paper found that decades-long, natural climate cycles have determined the northern extent of Florida mangroves for at least the past 250 years. Freeze events that took place approximately every 10 to 30 years caused die-offs, during which mangroves were replaced by salt marshes until warmer trends spurred regrowth. So far, there has not…
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The recording of last Thursday’s (October 10) webinar on the flash drought and its impacts on agriculture is now available. Please go to https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3862877220399463692 and register, then the recording should appear. Thanks to those who attended or sent me information! Hopefully the rain this week will stop the progression of drought and provide some relief.
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In their latest blog post on historical hurricanes to hit North Carolina, the Corey Davis of the NC Climate Office looks at Hurricane Hazel, which hit 65 years ago today at the only category-4 hurricane to ever hit the state. You can read more about it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=301&h=5666e5c1.
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The use of satellites to monitor climate conditions provides some really good fine-scale detail about how conditions like soil moisture are changing over time. The NASA GRACE tool provides a look at soil moisture depletion in several different zones, including the root zone. This map from last week shows how dry the root zone is…
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David Zierden, the Florida State Climatalogist, recently wrote an update on the current drought conditions and what we can expect for the next few months. I am printing it here with his permission because it gives an good overlook of what we are experiencing now and what to plan for fall, especially if you are…
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In spite of all of our dry weather, I have not seen any stories about problems with water supply up until today. The big reservoirs that supply Atlanta are down somewhat but still have plenty of water since the drought has been relatively short-lived so far. But cities that have smaller reservoirs or that depend…
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I’ve written about the Cloud Appreciation Society in this blog before, but here’s a new story about this dedicated group of sky watchers from WBUR‘s “Here and Now” which you might find interesting. You can read it and see lots of spectacular cloud images at https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/10/11/cloud-appreciation-society. I am even more excited because the founder of…