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The Washington Post published an interesting article this week on new evidence found to support their legend on the founding of the first dynasty. In a new paper published Thursday in the journal Science, Wu and his colleagues describe geological evidence for a catastrophic flood on the Yellow River in about 1900 B.C. — right around the…
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I want to give a quick shout-out to two UGA gardening blogs that got recognized in the top 100 garden blog list recently. You can find the entire list at https://blog.feedspot.com/gardening-blogs/. The first blog is the Center for Urban Agriculture’s blog at https://ugaurbanag.com/gardens/ which is put together by Becky Griffin, Extension Community and School Garden Coordinator. The…
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The latest 7-day QPF shows a significant rain event may be brewing along the Gulf Coast and, to a lesser extent, the east coast of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Computer models are suggesting that a low pressure center could sink down into the Gulf and grow under the influence of the unusually warm water…
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Chris Robbins of iWeatherNet.com posted some interesting statistics on trends in lightning fatalities earlier this week. They show a significant decrease in lightning deaths from 1940 to the present. I think a lot of this can be attributed to the public information that has been stressed by the National Weather Service and other meteorologists. But…
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The Sightline Institute published a unique resource on climate change back in 2013 that just came to my attention. Dr. Greg Johnson, a Northwest oceanographer, published a set of 19 illustrated haikus which summarize the latest IPCC report on changing climate. Take a look at the beautiful artwork and see how succinctly this very large…
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The Drought Monitor released this morning shows a continued expansion of extreme drought as well as abnormally dry conditions around the Southeast. This is not surprising considering how hot the weather has been and scattered nature of the rainfall from thunderstorms. More rain is expected this week and temperatures should be a little cooler so…
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Georgia was well above normal in temperature again in July, following a warm June. This is the second or third warmest June-July period on record for much of the state. Temperatures ranged from almost 2 to 3.5 degrees above the 1981-2010 average. Rainfall was less than 50% of normal in nearly half the state, causing…
Posted in: Climate summaries