Lake Rises 29 Feet in 18 Years

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Have you ever driven through a town where Main Street heads straight into a lake? Or where you can fish in the ball diamond? Welcome to Minnewaukan, North Dakota. Writer and photographer Lisa M. Hamilton’s article, "Where the Roads End in Water: The Lake That Won’t Stop Rising," tells the . . .

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The Philosophy of Flood Control

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At 7:00 am on May 14th, 2011, excavators began digging through a dike holding back the rising floodwaters of the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, Canada, intentionally flooding more than a hundred homes and thousands of acres of productive farmland. At almost the same time, the Morganza Spillway floodgates were opened . . .

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Weather Effects: Honeybees and Food Prices

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Honeybees don’t fly in the rain. Flowering crops need insects for pollination and honeybees are vital for pollination of about 90 commercial crops around the world. Onions, carrots, strawberries, blueberries, apples & oranges as well as nuts, coffee, canola and even cotton all rely on the honeybee to increase yields . . .

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Forecasting Technology – Part Three: The 2000’s

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While the basics of weather forecasting haven’t changed dramatically in the past 50 years, the technology used by meteorologists nowadays has come a long way from the forecasting tools of the past! Our three-part series of selected archival videos – of which this is the final part – shows how . . .

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Forecasting Technology – Part Two: The 1970’s

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This three-part series of selected archival videos shows how technological advances are helping meteorologists to do their job better. “Our Weather” – first in this series, lays the foundation and provides a benchmark of forecasting in the mid-1950′s. “Weather Watchers” (below), shows how satellites provided valuable new data from space . . .

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Forecasting Technology – Part One: The 1950’s

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The basics of weather forecasting haven’t changed dramatically in the past 50 years but the technology sure has. Although it’s still impossible to accurately predict local weather 100% of the time, meteorologists have an ever-increasing array of tools and resources available to them, which are improving their odds of getting . . .

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