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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution noted this morning that a variety of local spring crops are making an early appearance in stores this year due to the extremely warm winter and spring we have been having. In addition to local strawberries, asparagus, onions and pea shoots are all available in markets around the area. They are showing…
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The Southeast Farm Press published a couple of stories today about frost damage the mid-March frost on the wheat crop in North Carolina. According to the story here, wheat in the eastern part of the state survived very well, but fields in the Piedmont were almost a total loss. You can also see some pictures…
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I am a sucker for time lapse videos of clouds. The World Meteorological Organization has a new one called “Understanding Clouds” with some spectacular footage of clouds. I think the title of the video is a big misleading because the clouds are just shown with dramatic music rather than an explanation of how clouds are…
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As I write this, Hurricane Debbie is hitting the northeast coast of Australia. While it’s not the strongest hurricane to hit the country, it is still packing a punch. Newser has a story with links to other feeds about the storm as it comes onshore. One of the biggest impacts is expected to be the…
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One of my Facebook groups just put together a list of science books that can serve as resources for parents and teachers, and maybe 4-H agents and others interested in reading more about science. It is divided by age group and science subject and includes quite a few resources on earth science. Not too much…
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Tom Moore, formerly of the Weather Channel and now an associate for iWeatherNet.com, has an interesting piece today on the history of weather broadcasting from its earliest inception on television to what it looks like for the future. You can read it at https://www.iweathernet.com/educational/history-broadcast-meteorology.
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The WunderBlog noted last week that we are off to a very active severe weather season this year, the most active start since 2008. We have seen some of the impacts of the season in the Southeast, with two large severe weather outbreaks in January this year. The central part of the US is likely…