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This is from the “You Don’t See This Every Day” category…BBC is reporting that a runaway cow in Poland has joined up with a herd of bison and is hanging out with them over the winter, although she seems to be hanging onto the edge of the herd rather than being incorporated into it. This…
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Here is a fun tool from the New York Times. You type in your city (there are 3800 possibilities) and see a daily record of high and low temperature and monthly accumulated precipitation, with annotations for records. I have it set to Atlanta but you can easily check your own city. Try it at https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/21/world/year-in-weather.html#atl.
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Have you ever watched the International Space Station move overhead? If it flies over about an hour after sunset, you can see the brightly lit ISS move quickly across the sky (assuming not too many clouds, of course). I watched it fly over my head tonight! It was moving fast, crossed the entire sky in…
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The Tampa Bay Times had an interesting column by Jack Payne last week on why it is important to understand why some trees survive hurricanes like Irma and others don’t. If we knew the species that were most resilient or could breed stronger varieties, that might help provide protection against damage to buildings, power lines,…
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The CoCoRaHS webinar series is starting off in 2018 with a talk on storm surge modeling and how coastal communities are preparing for future storm surges. The webinar will be held on Thursday January 25 at 1:05 PM EST. Ironically, it was postponed from last fall due to Hurricane Irma. You do not need to…
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The peanut crop in Florida last year suffered a significant decline, and scientists are scratching their heads trying to figure out what caused it. One of the early possibilities discussed was salty water dropped by Hurricane Irma, but the actual causes are most likely a combination of several factors. Bob Kemerait of UGA describes the…
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The Packer noted in a story this week that strong winds in California last fall have affected the crop of lemons harvested by increasing scarring of the skin, which reduced the value of the crop, although the juice quality was otherwise unaffected. Some lemons were also destroyed by the Western wildfires, which were also driven…