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The South Central Climate Science Center has a series of short videos which cover a variety of aspects of climate science and climate change information. Most of the videos are around 5-7 minutes long and provide information on topics like the carbon cycle, how we measure past climates, and how climate models work, but they…
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Growing Georgia published a note from University of Georgia scientists this morning asking for help from the public in doing research on dogwoods. You can read it here. You can help by downloading an app to your smartphone which will help you and the scientists document the blooming times for dogwood around the Southeast. Citizen…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina released their winter recap this morning discussing the weather which has affected North Carolina over the last few months. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=231&h=5666e5c1.
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I am doing a Zoom session online on Tuesday morning March 21 at 11 am EDT for Georgia extension agents, but am happy to welcome anyone else who might be interested. I will look back briefly at 2016 and the winter and then talk about the outlook for 2017, including the prospects for an El…
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While many farmers are still assessing just how bad the freeze last week was on their fruit crops, WunderBlog has produced some updated information that does not paint a good picture of the impacts on this year’s harvest. According to their report, “At least 90 percent of the peach crop in South Carolina (the nation’s…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center’s summary of the winter of 2016-2017 is now available. You can view it at https://www.sercc.com/seasonalsummary along with previous seasonal summaries.
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One of the signs that an El Niño may be brewing in the eastern Pacific Ocean is a burst of unusually warm water near the coast that is contributing to heavy flooding in Peru. According to Yahoo News, at least 62 people have died and more than 70,000 have become homeless as Peru’s rainy season…