If you have ever been to Miami, you might agree that it is hard to find anything that looks like a native ecosystem. So I was very interested to read this article in Atlas Obscura describing the small remnants of pine rocklands, an endangered native forest that is located in…
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Yahoo News provided a fascinating look at the ocean floor in an animation that shows the ocean slowly draining. As the water levels get lower, you can see the land bridges that allowed animals and people to move between continents. As it gets lower, you can see the mid-ocean ridges…
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While it will be a week or so before the US-calculated global temperature records are released, the Europeans have already produced their global version of the temperature map for January 2020. It shows the very warm conditions in Europe and the eastern US and the very cold conditions in Alaska…
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As I am sitting here at home, I hear the sound of rain outside. A lot of us are supposed to see several inches of rain over the next week, leading to very wet soil conditions, especially in the heavier clay soils north of the Fall Line. With warm weather…
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The latest monthly climate summary for January 2020 is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can view it at https://sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportJanuary2020.pdf.
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A new study from researchers at Colorado State University indicates that the minimum sea level pressure (MSLP) in a hurricane is the best measure of how much damage it can do, rather than than the maximum wind speed. The MSLP is a better indicator of the size of the storm…
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Almost all of the artichokes grown in the US come from California, but research is now underway to study the ability of growers in northeast Florida to grow artichokes, a high value crop that would be grown in the cool season. Since artichokes require 250-500 hours below 50 degrees to…
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