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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…
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Do you know someone who thinks that summer is warm because it is when the earth is the closest to the sun in its orbit? You might be surprised at how many people have this misconception. In fact, today is the sun’s aphelion, the day on which the earth is at its farthest point from…
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The preliminary climate summary for the Southeast from the High Plains Regional Climate Center shows that for most areas of the Southeast, June was wetter and cooler than normal. This is the first time since January 2016 that many areas have had monthly temperature departures that were below normal. The cooler temperatures were due in…
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