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National Public Radio has an interesting story about efforts to rebuild Rwanda’s long-term climate record. Most stations were destroyed and records lost in the civil war which has torn apart the country, leaving a large gap in the historical record. The story describes some scientists’ efforts to find the missing data and rebuild the record…
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It’s almost the end of the month, so here is a first glance at the climate summary for May. Overall, most of the Southeast was below normal in temperature except for scattered areas in northern and coastal Georgia and some of the Florida peninsula. The eastern part of the Southeast was wet, although Alabama and…
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Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer for most people, and the folks at NEEF (National Environmental Education Foundation) have put together a couple of articles describing the impact of summer weather conditions on human health. The first article describes the impact of extreme heat on human health and lists some of the symptoms…
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Don Paul is a recently retired television meteorologist from Buffalo, NY, who is starting a series of articles on weather, climate and related sciences. His first article is on humidity in the atmosphere and dewpoint temperature. You can find it at the Buffalo News here.
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A friend posted this fantastic video from the Florida Institute of Technology testing out a new super high speed camera on lightning. You can really see the progression of step leaders downward from the cloud before the main lightning stroke surges up from the ground. You can view it at Slate.com at https://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2016/05/lightning_storm_in_super_slow_motion_video_from_florida_researchers.html.
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June 1 is the start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. Did you ever wonder how they get their names? This post from EarthSky explains why this year’s list started with Alex and Bonnie and what to expect next.
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While parts of the Southeast are in moderate drought, wet conditions in Texas and Louisiana have brought a variety of diseases to tomatoes and other crops in those areas. The Vegetable Growers News posted an article this week saying that one plant pathologist said he had never seen so many different diseases in one season before.…