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You may have seen my recent post on the uncertain future of the regional climate centers, which are on the chopping block in the budget currently being promoted by President Trump. If you have not already done so, it’s not too late to sign an online petition to support them. If you are not familiar…
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Here are some useful infographics from the American Public Health Association which describe the relationships between changes in climate and various aspects of human health, including effects on air quality, rising temperatures, and vector-borne diseases. You can see them all at https://www.apha.org/news-and-media/multimedia/infographics/how-climate-change-affects-your-health.
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Now that we are past the spring predictability barrier, I am starting to get calls asking about the likelihood of El Niño returning to the eastern Pacific Ocean over the next few months. Cliff Mass of the University of Washington posted his take on it in his blog this week at https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2017/06/el-nino-next-winter.html. According to Cliff, there…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows that all extreme drought is now gone from the Southeast. Rains since last week’s map have helped alleviate drought across Florida and southern Georgia. Note the comment from the Florida State Climatologist on the timing of the map: “This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor (shown in the first…
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NOAA released their May, spring and year to date climate assessments for the US today. It shows that the average temperature for the lower 48 states as a whole was near the center of the pack of all Mays on record, while the precipitation received made it rank as the 25th wettest. You can read…
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Extreme weather has hit several regions around the world in recent weeks. According to Dr. Jeff Masters of Weather Underground, “The last week of May 2017 and first week of June brought one the most extraordinary heatwaves in world history to Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The mercury shot up to an astonishing 53.5°C (128.3°F)…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news
