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The latest global summary of climate was released today by NOAA. It shows that for July 2018, this was the 4th warmest on record since reliable records began in 1880. The January through July period was also the 4th warmest on record. You can read the full summary at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201807.
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Here’s an interesting video which shows an effort by NOAA scientists and the Army Corps of Engineers to reduce damage to a salt marsh near Camp Lejeune along the East Coast of North Carolina. By restoring the salt marshes to good condition, they are reducing the impacts of rising sea levels and helping to protect…
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This week’s question from the Georgia Climate Project’s Roadmap deals with the impacts of our transportation system on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Transportation is a big input to these emissions and how our regional and local methods of moving goods and people around evolve in the future will affect how much…
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You have all noticed how lush and green the Southeast is this year from all the rain we’ve been having, although there are not many places (with the exception of in Virginia) that have set records for summer rainfall. There are a few additional scattered places like Atlanta which are in the top five wettest…
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Here are a couple of interesting stories I have seen lately discussing trees and forestry. Virginia Tech News posted a story about how researchers at Virginia Tech are using our knowledge about recent climate trends to predict the growth of loblolly pines through the middle of this century. This will be of benefit to foresters…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows that after some chances for showers on Saturday and Sunday, the chances for rain should go down for the first part of the week for most of the Southeast. However, they will ramp back up by mid-week. Eastern North Carolina has the best chance of getting hit on any…
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A megadrought is a strong and persistent drought that can last for one, two or three decades. While the US has not seen a real megadrought since climate started being measured here in the 1800’s, tree rings and lake sediments can go back much farther in time and tell a different story. There have been…