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While many eyes are focused on Texas as the flooding from Hurricane Harvey continues, it is important to realize that other places also experience extreme flood events. Even now there have been tremendous rains in parts of Florida with the tropical Investigation 92L, which has moved off to sea, and in the past we have…
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I’m pleased to present a guest blog post from former NWS hydrologist John Feldt of Blue Water Outlook, discussing the impact of Hurricane Harvey on agriculture across the US. Tomorrow I will look at news reports on impacts of Harvey’s rainfall on agriculture across Texas. Past Rainfall Totals To date, rainfall associated with Harvey has…
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Food & Wine magazine put out an article this week about a change in the diet of Alaskan bears due to changes in climate which have affected the production of two of the bears’ favorite foods: salmon and wild berries. The increased temperatures in recent years have brought an earlier start to the berry ripening…
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The National Farmers Union published a short article this week discussing the impact of changes in climate on farmers and describing how farmers may be able to take advantage of new markets like those for environmental services or carbon credits. They also emphasize that many of the practices that benefit the environment also benefits the…
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While it is still raining in Houston, we know already that enough rain has fallen there to break the US rainfall record of 48.00 inches of rain from a tropical storm from TS Amelia in 1978 at Medina TX. A station at Mary’s Creek at Winding Road southeast of Houston has received 49.32 inches of…
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The Daily Mail posted a set of weather images that are the finalists for the Royal Photographic Society’s annual photo image contest this week. There are some amazing photographs in the set. I would have a hard time picking just one winner! You can see them at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4823502/Shortlist-Royal-Photographic-Society-s-weather-contest.html. Note that I had to reduce the…
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Here are some climate resources that might be helpful to teachers and 4-H agents from NOAA’s Climate.gov: National Climate Assessment resources at https://www.climate.gov/teaching/national-climate-assessment-resources-educators/2014-national-climate-assessment-resources Literacy on climate and energy at https://www.climate.gov/teaching/essential-principles-climate-literacy/about-clean-climate-literacy-and-energy-awareness