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Monday March 20 marks the beginning of astronomical spring for the Northern Hemisphere. Remember that for climatologists, spring begins on March 1, so we are already three weeks into spring from a weather standpoint! You can read more about the vernal equinox at EarthSky here.
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Live Science posted a map this week which described impacts on human and animal health which are occurring because of changes in climate over time. Impacts vary depending on what part of the country you are in because temperatures and precipitation will change in different ways and work on different disease vectors like deer ticks…
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Here is an interesting short photo essay on dairies in the Northeast who had to deal with the impacts of the blizzard last week. Roads kept milk trucks from getting through, electricity went out, and some barns collapsed from the weight of the snow on their roofs. You can view it at https://spark.adobe.com/page/HUG59oEPa6kzj/.
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Once the cold front moving through the Southeast this weekend moves past, we should see very light amounts of rainfall for the next seven days. The highest amounts are likely to be in North Carolina where drought expanded last week. Other areas, including most of Florida, is likely to see little to no rain. This,…
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NOAA’s report on global climate came out this morning and shows that, like NASA’s analysis released yesterday, February was the second warmest on record, after 2016’s El Niño-affected record. The winter record for December 2016 through February 2017 was also the second-highest on record. You can read more at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201702 as well as this story by Jeff…
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If you like adventure stories or stories about natural disasters, you will be interested in reading this interactive story about the massive fires that hit Fort McMurray in central Canada from the Canadian Broadcasting Company. It gives a timeline of the fire and the decisions made by the firefighters as the fire roared toward the…
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All of the rain in California this winter has brought the deserts alive. Flowers are blooming at an incredible rate, including miles of California poppy. You can view beautiful pictures of the blooms from Yahoo here. Nothing like flowers in a dry land!
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