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I’m still catching up after my trip, so have not written my monthly climate summary for May yet. The quick version is that most of the region was warmer and drier than normal in temperature. Here are the summaries from around the region: Florida North Carolina Southeast
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With the crazy swings in weather we have had in Georgia this spring and early summer, it’s not a big surprise that the weather has had some big impacts on weed as well as crop growth this year. Eric Prostko of UGA Extension provides an overview of how the weather has affected crop development this…
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You may have seen the graphic “climate stripes” for the US showing the annual temperature for each year as a colored stripe. They’ve been made into scarves, rugs, ties and other articles and show how recent years are warmer (redder) than previous years. It’s an interesting way to view the changes in climate that we…
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Dr. Jonathon Foley is a former graduate of the University of Wisconsin like I am, and has spent much of his life looking at the impacts of changing climate on the earth. Here is a short and easy to read discussion of how we know climate is changing and where the greenhouse gases that are…
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Which came first, the warmer temperatures or the increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? This has been one of the perplexing questions in studies of past climate. A new study was released last week which shows that the changes in carbon dioxide in past ice ages was due to a combination of colder sea surface…
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Here is an interesting animated map which shows the accumulation of FEMA flood insurance claims over time. As you watch it spool from 1970 to 2018 you can see the impacts of some big events like recent hurricanes and the floods of 1993 in the Upper Midwest. The Southeast has some areas that have been…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most areas of the Southeast should receive rain this week. The driest area is expected to be upstate South Carolina, with wetter conditions in southern Florida, western Alabama, and northern Virginia. The wettest area of the country continues to be a band through eastern Oklahoma to the Ohio…
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