In South Mississippi, counting pollen is usually done by sneezes. Or square feet. Not individually under a microscope. But, most of the pollen being counted by south Mississippians isn’t 60,000 years old. Trapped under the…
Category: Environment
Tropical system won’t likely disperse Mississippi algal bloom
I’ve heard from a lot of people in the past few days, asking about the tropical system and the algal bloom. So I reached out to some folks to try and get some answers. It…
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MDEQ closes more beaches along the Mississippi Coast due to algal bloom
From MDEQ: Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued additional closures Sunday for two beach stations (Station 19 and Station 20) in Jackson County due to…
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WX Info: Does lightning make my grass greener?
Your grass isn’t likely greener because of lightning. That isn’t to say that there isn’t some logic – and science – behind the possibility. It just isn’t likely. And recall that unlikely does not mean…
Record ‘dead zone’ possible, but not likely, in Gulf of Mexico during 2019 summer
JUNE 26, 2019 UPDATE: Bonnet Carre closure to begin at a stage of 15.5 feet at Carrollton Gage. This will allow crews to safely close bays. Based on forecast from NSW closing process could start…
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Thermodynamics, overnight heat, and mosquitos
Some people balk at even the mention of climate change. They scoff at people who are concerned about a warming earth. And some even argue about cycles that are easily refuted by an avalanche of…
The Graphene Problem
I was actually thinking about this the other day. I was listening to an old StarTalk Radio Podcast. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was interviewing the makers of the Big Bang Theory and they got ont he…
Hypoxic or “dead zone” in Gulf to be average-sized this year
A twice-as-big-as-Rhode-Island-sized area in the Gulf will be devoid of marine life this summer according to NOAA scientists. The forecast for the hypoxic zone or ‘dead zone’ will be approximately 5,780 square miles. More from…
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