Tree Die-Offs ‘On A Grand Scale’

Overcast and gray again this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, though, there was some sun near day-break, but way-gone now. Rainfall last month appeared near-normal, according to the NWS, which wasn’t much, but winter is quickly approaching as the service also released freeze/frost dates for the fall. This year is blazing by… Also going in…

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Climate Change Creates ‘Domino effect’

Bright sunshine with a bit of chilled air this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — a week ahead supposedly of clear skies and warming temperatures. Dog summer, maybe. And speaking/writing on warmth — a new study shows a heating-up environment won’t help California’s grasslands after all. Kai Zhu, a global ecologist and data scientist…

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Unseasonable ‘Sparks’ Memory Fire

Scattered-sunshine/scattered-overcast this near-noon Wednesday on California’s north coast, counting-down the hours til the end of summer. And for this particular stretch, I’d call it, a ‘summer of fog,’ or at least, ‘one-half-to-three-quarters summer of fog,’ as the last few weeks have been pretty gray. Not so with the innards of the state — hot, and…

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Global Warming Reaches ‘Exceptional Territory’

Surprise, surprise! Sunshine this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, and it looks strange. After weeks of fog in the AM, we must adjust to a clear, clean sky — a wonderful adjustment, by the way. And on the subject of the weather/environment, last week California leaped to the forefront of attempting to get a…

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Pika Past-the-Time

Misty-thick fog again this Friday morning on California’s north coast, and if like yesterday, the marine layer will never really vanish completely — heavy, gray blanket muffled our area before sundown last evening, most-likely the same today. Some moments yesterday afternoon, though, of bright sunshine and near-clear skies. Diminishing weather returns… Another noted diminishing concern,…

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Permafrost Melt — Panic, but not Full-Panic — Yet

Gray-matter again still this near-noon Thursday on California’s north coast — the marine layer feels more-chilly, though, a quick peek of sunshine much earlier might have caused a sense of colder temperatures. Now it’s deep in the bowels of fog-city… Good news from a study on an eventual-horrible situation with global warming: ‘“Our research indicates that…

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