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Scientific American has an article this month on the construction that is continuing to take place on the Florida coast even as sea levels are rising and nuisance flooding is increasing. Some of the measures that homeowners are using to adapt are higher sea walls, elevating their properties, and building codes which require higher foundations. You…
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The latest monthly summary for North Carolina for June 2016 is now available. You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=195&h=5666e5c1.
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I ran across an interesting article this week describing the history of broadcast weather forecasting and how it has changed over time. While I don’t do television weather forecasting myself, I have many former students and friends who do. You might enjoy this peek back at early weather forecasts and how the technology has improved.…
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The Southeast Farm Press reported that the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service along with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture has scheduled numerous educational workshops throughout the state to help farmers apply for assistance under the South Carolina Farm Aid Grant Program. This is help provided to agricultural producers following the devastating floods in early…
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Modern Farmer has a great article this week about extension agents and what a crucial role they play in educating the public about agricultural practices. The story has several profiles of extension agents around the country and what they do. I’m proud to work with many extension agents and serve as an extension specialist…
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Eos had an interesting article earlier today which provided an update on the status of the ozone hole in the Antarctic. You may recall that the ozone hole developed due to the effects of man-made refrigerants called chlorofluorocarbons, which interacted with polar clouds to destroy ozone at upper levels in the atmosphere. Ozone at that…
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The latest Drought Monitor is out, and it is not good news for the Southeast. Extreme drought has been reintroduced to Georgia for the first time since February 2013. A small area of northeast Alabama is also in extreme drought. The good news is that rainier weather returned to parts of the Southeast this week;…
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