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Last week NOAA and the American Meteorological Society jointly released the annual State of the Climate report for 2017. This massive report looks at the climate across the globe, both in totality and broken down by regions. It is the work of over 400 scientists from around the world, including a number who are my…
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You’ve probably seen crepuscular rays late in the day when the sun is drifting lower in the sky and beams of light shoot out from behind clouds. These are called crepuscular rays, and they can be spectacular! You can see a collection of images from EarthSky at https://earthsky.org/todays-image/gallery-sunrays-around-the-world
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This week’s question from the Georgia Climate Project’s Roadmap discusses how climate change will affect Georgia’s coasts. The coasts are an important economic resource for Georgia, including the effects of tourism, fishing, and the value of biodiversity in coastal ecosystems. They are increasingly faced with problems from sea level rise as well as changes to…
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Time magazine posted a story today showing some spectacular photos from the California wildfires that you are hearing about in the news. You can read the story and view the pictures at https://time.com/longform/california-carr-fire-photos/.
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According to calculations provided by the Southeast Regional Climate Center on their Perspectives tool, the last May 3 through August 3 (three months) has been in the top ten wettest in many parts of the Southeast. In Virginia and at a few scattered locations elsewhere it has been the wettest on record. The only places…
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Record high temperatures in Northern Europe have had an unexpected effect on Sweden’s geography according to the Time magazine news story here. The nation’s historical tallest peak, which was crowned by a thick glacier, has melted to the point that it is no longer the tallest mountain in Sweden. The heat wave in Europe has…
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This week’s 7 day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast will get less than normal rainfall for the next week. This is sure to be a relief for many producers in the area, who have been hit by repeated rounds of thunderstorms. The only exception might be central Georgia, which has only received…
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