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Food and Wine had an interesting story today about a new line of broccoli developed by scientists in the United Kingdom that is impervious to weather conditions. They say the new broccoli line goes from seed to harvest in as little as eight weeks, and can grow two full crops each season when planted outdoors.…
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Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA has an article this week in Forbes.com about television meteorologists and their views on climate change. He explains that only about 10 percent of meteorologists are on television, and that many meteorologists don’t have much training in climatology. Even so, the results of the study might surprise you. You can…
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The Southeast is not the only region of the country that is experiencing unusually warm temperatures. The Midwest is set up today to feel record-setting high temperatures for February. Jason Samenow of the Capital Weather Gang noted that “All-time February record high temperatures are falling and the air feels more like early May. A stunning 2,805 record high…
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The American Geophysical Union blog from February 18 discusses the “real surprise” behind the 3rd hottest January on record, which occurred last month. One of the things I thought was really interesting about the article was a graph which showed the trend lines for all of the different radiative forcings that are acting on the…
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A recent study on droughts in the Middle East shows that the recent droughts that have plagued the area are the worst in at least 1100 years, according to a story this week in the American Geophysical Union blog. The scientists in the study collected a stalagmite from a cave in Iraq which contained growth…
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A new handbook which describes the different types of drought indicators is now available from the World Meteorological Organization. It is available in several languages and also online. You can access it at https://www.droughtmanagement.info/handbook-drought-indicators-and-indices/.
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Jonathan Belles of the WunderBlog posted a new article this week about the increasing potential for El Niño to return by late summer. While it is by no means a sure thing, the probabilities for a return to El Niño are increasing, and are higher than the probabilities for neutral conditions by the July-September period.…