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A new study released this week indicates that the American South will feel the worst economic effects of a warming climate. Articles in The Atlantic here and in the New York Times here describe the results of the study published today in Science which use a new economic method of calculating economic costs by calculating…
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Recent studies on the rate at which sea level is rising due to warmer ocean water and melting ice sheets show that not only is sea level rising in most areas, but the rate at which it is rising is increasing. This has important implications for coastal communities, which often do planning based on the…
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One of the products featured at this week’s AASC meeting in Asheville is a new atlas of precipitation patterns and probabilities in the Carolinas which was developed by the Carolinas RISA project in conjunction with the National Integrated Drought Information System in the past few years. It provides a number of maps and other resources…
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National Geographic has an interesting article this week on a new NASA study documenting increases in forest fires caused by lightning strikes in the boreal forest in the northern parts of North America. The article says that “Since 1975, the number of fires ignited by lightning has increased between two and five percent, driven by…
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Another group that is involved with the American Association of State Climatologists at their annual meeting this week is NOAA’s regional climate centers. There are six of them around the US, including the Southeast Regional Climate Center which provides great information and tools like the Climate Perspectives tool. Like state climatologists, regional climate center folk…
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I don’t live in Alabama, so can’t watch this new documentary on a recently discovered Ice Age forest hidden near Alabama’s coast when it is broadcast on the air, but for those of you who do, it looks like a fascinating look at some Alabama natural history. I am going to see if I can…
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Later today I will be headed north to Asheville NC to meet with the American Association of State Climatologists, my favorite professional organization, and one I’ve been associated with since 1990. This group of dedicated individuals provide weather and climate information to groups in almost every state in the US, and you won’t meet a…