-
The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows no change from last week in the drought coverage across the Southeast. Remember that the only state in our region that is currently experiencing drought is Florida. Rainfall in the next week is concentrated on southern Florida so we may see some improvement in drought on next week’s…
Posted in: Drought -
Atlas Obscura has a fascinating story about stone walls in New England that are found in the middle of forests. Here’s a quote from the article: “Who would build a stone wall, let alone hundreds of thousands of miles of them, in the middle of the forest? No one. The walls weren’t built in the…
-
The latest Water Resources Outlook from the National Weather Service’s Southeast River Forecast Center was released on YouTube today. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d3ExU9JeoA&feature=youtu.be.
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news -
The Yale Program on Climate Change Communications released the results of their latest survey today, and they indicate that “a large majority of Americans think global warming is happening, outnumbering those who don’t by more than 5 to 1. Americans are also growing more certain that global warming is happening and more aware that it…
-
Here is a new animated graphic which shows how the global carbon dioxide level is changing at the same time that emissions and volcanism are changing. As you watch the time change, you can see the CO2 level creep up, especially in response to emissions. The impacts of El Niño and La Niña are also…
Posted in: Climate science -
The Tampa Bay Times had an interesting article earlier this week about the continuing impacts of Hurricane Michael on some of Florida’s state parks. Note that while the original story said “after five months” but it got corrected twice to “almost four months” and then to “more than three months”. A little calendar-challenged to start,…
-
A new data visualization tool called PolarGlobe has been made available by scientists at Arizona State University. While it focuses on information from polar regions, it has global atmospheric circulation and also some ocean circulation information at multiple levels. I haven’t had the chance to play with it much yet, but it looks like it…