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The AAAS published a notice about some recent research which looked at the data for the migration of various bird species in Europe and North America. The research by Finnish scientists shows that birds with short migration paths have the biggest changes in when spring migration occurs, while birds with longer migration paths are changing…
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The Southeast Farm Press posted a retrospective story this week on the 2018 weather impacts on the Tobacco Belt. Intense heat early in the season was followed by heavy rains. Hurricane Florence destroyed a lot of the tops of the tobacco plants with strong winds and heavy rain, the most valuable part of the crop.…
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Science Friday of National Public Radio (where I was once an intern) has a book club which introduces listeners to new books that discuss interesting aspects of science. This review of N.K. Jemisin’s ‘The Fifth Season’ describes a new book which describes how volcanic eruptions and the atmospheric effects which followed them affected the art…
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Time magazine posted a longform story earlier this week on the terrible drought which has been occurring in Australia this year, combining record-setting high temperatures with very low precipitation amounts. The impacts of this drought on agriculture have been awful, resulting in the losses of immense numbers of cattle and sheep as well as reduced…
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The Guardian had an interesting story this week about real estate values in Miami FL and other places that are already experiencing impacts of rising seas and more devastating tropical storms. Surprisingly, business in building new condos and commercial buildings is booming, even though the streets are flooding more frequently and recent hurricanes have caused…
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We’re down to the last few questions in the Georgia Climate Project Roadmap. Today’s question has to do with research on how local governments of cities and counties can take steps to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a warmer and potentially more extreme climate using smart urban planning and design. While politics in…
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You might think of Mars as a cold and lifeless planet a long way from the earth, and while you are right, it still has a thin atmosphere and so has weather. NASA has just launched a web site which provides access to weather information that is being collected on Mars along with information on…
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