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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has published their latest climate summary. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=236&h=5666e5c1.
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This outlook will be posted in the Peanut Pointers newsletter but I thought other producers might also find it useful: Drought is almost entirely gone from the Southeastern US, with only a tiny sliver remaining in northeast Georgia. I expect that to be eliminated in the Drought Monitor map released on July 6, along with…
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Late in June the New York Times reported that scientists measuring the carbon dioxide of the atmosphere have found a troubling trend–even though emissions of CO2 have leveled off globally, the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere is continuing to rise. This makes the scientists wonder where the rising CO2 is coming from. Is the…
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Enjoy your natural and man-made fireworks today and stay safe!
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The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season was the second longest on record, according to a new study by University of South Florida scientists which was recently published in Geophysical Research Letters. According to a Florida Climate Institute description, “Lead author Jennifer Collins, PhD, associate professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida,…
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The latest monthly climate summary for Florida for June 2017 is now available on the Florida Climate Center website. You can read all about it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=511.
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Nine out of every ten people that get hit by lightning survive, according to a post today by The Week magazine. But their health afterwards can be significantly changed, and even their personalities can be affected by the trauma as well as the rewiring of their internal electrical circuits (which is really what the nervous…