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Generation of electricity by renewable sources like solar and wind is increasing in the Southeast, but perhaps not for reasons you might expect. Yale Climate Connections reports that the biggest driver of building new solar and wind farms is economic, not regulatory. Some big companies like Facebook and Google are building new facilities in the…
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As promised, here is the first of forty questions from the Georgia Climate Project Roadmap. This one is from the Weather and Climate section. To mix them up, I won’t be listing them all in order, but choosing from a different section each week to give you a feeling for the variety of questions we…
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Any of you who have a dog that spends significant time outdoors (and that includes sitting in a car) in summer will be interested in this video guide from Kellyn Amadeo of the University of Georgia on safety tips for dogs in hot weather. You can read more and view the video at https://www.onlineathens.com/news/20180527/video-summer-safety-tips-for-dogs.
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Even if you get missed by Alberto, it’s the time of year when it is important to be prepared for hurricane season if you live anywhere in the Southeast. What will you do if you lose power or if a tree falls on your fenceline? Fruit Growers News has some good tips on what to do…
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Earlier this week I noted the new Georgia Climate Research Roadmap that was produced by a number of scientists and stakeholders from around the State of Georgia. The Roadmap provides a list of the 40 most pressing problems we scientists think are the most important research questions that need to be addressed as Georgia’s climate…
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I am watching the rain shield from Subtropical Storm Alberto move through the Southeast this Sunday afternoon. Some of you are already getting wet from the bands of precipitation around the storm, especially on the east side (as usually happens). Others will see it start later today or tonight, and the rain will get worse…
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The earth has been around for about four and a half billion years, according to the best estimates of climate scientists. But in its early life, the planet was much different than is it now. This week an article in Nature discussed how it has changed and estimated when conditions were first right for snow…