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A Potential Tropical Cyclone notification has been issued by the National Hurricane Center for the likely development of a tropical storm (most likely named Humberto, the next name on the list) in the next day or two. The models have been all over the place with this because it has been such a disorganized system,…
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You may know a little about the asteroid that hit Mexico about 66 million years ago, leading to the death of many species including many dinosaurs. But scientists have been puzzled about whether it was the blast from the impact, a tsunami, or later cooling that killed them off. A new study published this week…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina is continuing its blog series of posts on memorable hurricanes this week with their latest post on Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd n 1999. While Dennis was not a strong storm, it did drop a lot of rain that later helped amplify the destruction of Floyd about 12 days…
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With little rain and above-normal temperatures, it is not a surprise that the area of abnormally dry conditions and drought expanded across the Southeast this week. Dorian largely missed Florida and Georgia although it did drop quite a bit of rain in eastern North Carolina as well as in South Carolina. What happens in the…
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I’ve been collecting recent stories about climate and agriculture in the news that may be of interest to you. They are listed below in no particular order. Real Agriculture: Farmers need to talk to consumers about climate change Phys.org: Agrivoltaics proves mutually beneficial across food, water, energy nexus Morning Ag Clips: Restoring soil can help…
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September 10 is the peak of the hurricane season in the Atlantic, which means that historically today is the day that has had the highest number of tropical storms and hurricanes. And while we have no active storms now, there are three areas that are under watch by the National Hurricane Center. The two in…
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If you’ve been following the European news this year, you know that they have experienced a lot of extreme heat which has killed over 1,500 people in France alone. But along with that has come a long and extreme drought which has reduced water levels in many of the reservoirs in the region. One reservoir…