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Occasionally I’ve been asked where the cleanest air in the US is located. This is especially important for those who have health issues related to breathing, such as COPD, allergies, or cystic fibrosis. It can be hard to find this information since monitoring is usually done by individual state agencies who don’t all use the…
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The 7-day rainfall we’ve seen in the Southeast shows that it was feast or famine for many areas. The map below details the percent of normal each area received based on radar estimates. It shows that southeast Georgia received the heaviest rain from the remains of Erika, with some areas receiving more than 500 percent…
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Today marks the 115th anniversary of the Galveston hurricane that is estimated to have killed over 10,000 people when the city of Galveston TX was hit by a storm surge of over 15 feet. This story was memorialized in the fantastic book, “Isaac’s Storm”. If you have never read it and you like to read…
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As I was driving home from the airport today, I heard this interesting story about attempts to grow rice in Wisconsin on National Public Radio. You can listen to the story here. A Marquette University professor is trying to grow rice in the climate of Wisconsin to see if he can get it to produce…
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The Southeast Farm Press had an excellent article about producing high-quality hay this week. It describes the importance of weather conditions and taking advantage of dry spells while using equipment to help the hay dry down more quickly. You can read the article here.
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How do we know what the climate was like centuries ago? Climatologists use “proxy data” to determine the past climates. Records like tree rings show changes from year to year in growth patterns that are related to the climate in which the rings form, and the scientists can combine this with other information to see…
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The Augusta Chronicle ran an article in late August describing the effects that scientists expect will occur on Georgia’s coastline as sea levels continue to rise. You can read the article online here. Scientists from the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography are refining land elevation measurements and computer simulations to improve the prediction…