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Climate Monday: Visualizing El Niño and La Niña

acrawford February 26, 2018 1:20 pm

Continuing our survey of climate and weather visualizations, this week we have a few ways of visualizing El Niño and La Niña, which are two flavors of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (or ENSO).  This is a relevant topic for this … Continue reading →

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Climate Monday: NERSC Surface Pressure Observations

acrawford February 12, 2018 11:12 pm

Although we often care more about the temperature and precipitation when we talk about weather, the most basic weather observation we can make is atmospheric pressure. Atmospheric pressure is really a measure of how much air is above you. That … Continue reading →

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Climate Monday: Weather Animations by Cameron Beccario

acrawford January 22, 2018 12:39 pm

While Dr. Wilson is on leave and taking a hiatus from his acclaimed “Fossil of the Week” series, the Department of Geology decided to fill the void with something completely different: Climate Monday. For 15 weeks in the Spring 2018 … Continue reading →

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Weather Sensationalism: Boston is colder than Mars

acrawford January 4, 2018 11:25 am

Today, CNN and several other news outlets are reporting that “Boston and part of New Hampshire will be colder than Mars” this weekend. At first glance, this sounds incredible.  It’s going to be really cold this weekend! Indeed, on Saturday, the coldest … Continue reading →

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How to Combat a Drought

acrawford November 14, 2017 10:57 am

About a month ago, I wrote on this blog about an exceptionally dry late summer for Wooster.  It was dry enough to put much of northeast Ohio in a moderate drought.  But of course the moment I published that blog … Continue reading →

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A “Dry Summer” in Wooster?

acrawford October 12, 2017 12:17 pm

I moved to Wooster at the very end of July.  Since that time, I’ve heard a frequent refrain that “it’s been a dry summer”.  Being a climate scientist, and knowing that everyone (including me) likes to complain about the weather, I … Continue reading →

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