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Changes in the climate can lead to increases in some types of extreme weather, such as heat waves and heavy rain events, while it can also lead to decreases in things like cold snaps and blizzards, although they are not likely to be completely eliminated. Other extreme events like tornadoes and hurricanes do not appear…
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I don’t usually get political in this blog, but thought you might be interested in this story from the UGA student newspaper, the Red and Black, about how the shutdown of government web sites is affecting two of our atmospheric science students. As the shutdown drags on, they may not be able to finish their…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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