Climate in Tennessee is Ripe for More Monkey Business
It’s time to break out the monkey jokes: the State of Tennessee, which earned a reputation for backwardness back in the 1925 with the celebrated Scopes Monkey Trial, appears to be doing it again — on first blush, anyway. The original trial tested a law that forbade the teaching of “any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as … Read More
Image of the Day: Something’s Missing from the Masters
The red, pink and white azaleas that have become a tradition at the Masters are usually in full bloom come opening round. But this year, thanks to an early spring, the bloom came early. Now instead of lush colors lining the perfectly manicured course, there will be hundreds of flowers either wilting or on the ground atop a bed of pineneedles. … Read More
What the Hail is Going On?
Global warming is altering the background conditions in which severe thunderstorms form. There has already been an overall global increase in atmospheric water vapor, which provides more moisture for storm systems to tap into.… Read More
Miami Herald: Rising Sea Levels Imperil Our State
Florida is in the crosshairs of climate change. Rising seas, a population crowded along the coast, porous bedrock, and the relatively common occurrence of tropical storms put more real estate and people at risk from storm surges aggravated by sea level rise in Florida, than any other state by far. Some 2.4 million people and 1.3 million homes, … Read More
Image of the Day: A Majestic View of Florida Bay
Heavy winds blew across the Florida Bay in early January, stirring the waters and contributing to this dazzling array of color. Clouds of milky blue and green fill the shallower waters; near the southern coast, the waters are distinctly tan from a run-off of particulates from land.… Read More
Plains Blizzard Winds Down; Philippines Storm Becomes Deadliest of 2011
NOAA released an assessment of the historic tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25-28, 2011, when more than 200 tornadoes touched down.… Read More
Weird Weather Week: Southern Snow and Northeast Heat
According to The Weather Channel, Memphis has had just three days with an inch or more of snow in November since records began there in 1875.… Read More
Southern Heat Strains Power Generation
The cruel twist is that, by affecting power plant cooling systems, the persistent heat can also hamstring electricity generation.… Read More
