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Capital Weather Gang Archive: Nature
Local pumpkins survive summer heat, fall rains
Summer heat and dry weather affected pumpkin patches and other fall crops throughout the region this year, but the extent varied.
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Ann Posegate
| October 15, 2010; 10:30 AM ET |
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Eaten by Aedes: The buzz on summer mosquitoes
Let's face it. Mosquitoes in the DC area have been voracious this summer. Their prolific populations have left us grabbing for the nearest can of DEET. Is it the heat? Severe thunderstorms? Drought? How have we coped ...or have we?
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Ann Posegate
| August 25, 2010; 11:00 AM ET |
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Iceland volcano unlikely to cause global cooling
The eruption of Mt. Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland has had a chilling effect on air travel, but unless the eruption starts lofting far greater amounts of volcanic material higher into the atmosphere than it has to date, or continues unabated for months, the volcano with the tongue-twisting name probably will not join the ranks of famous climate-altering volcanoes, such as Mt. Tambora in Indonesia and Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines.
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Andrew Freedman
| April 19, 2010; 10:45 AM ET |
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Atmosphere's revenge? Monarchs in short supply
Normally this time of year, millions of real-life monarch butterflies are migrating from their winter haunts in Mexico toward the northern U.S. and Canada. This year, however, it seems the atmosphere has taken revenge by devastating the butterflies' winter sanctuary in the mountains of Mexico.
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Steve Tracton
| April 13, 2010; 11:00 AM ET |
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Cherry blossom bloom: Make your prediction
In keeping with Cherry Blossom Festival tradition, the U.S. Park Service's chief horticulturalist on Thursday morning will announce his prediction for the 2010 peak bloom period. Check the Going Out Guide blog for his announcement. Take our poll and make your prediction, and may the best cherry blossom fanatic win!...
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Meghan Louttit
| March 3, 2010; 3:42 PM ET |
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Fall foliage update: peak conditions arrive
Wx and the city * Rain relents: Full Forecast | Autumn rain photos | Photo contest * The latest fall regional fall foliage update, courtesy the Foliage Network (this is a week old and we will insert new one as soon as it is available. Peak conditions have shifted east.)...
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Ann Posegate
| October 28, 2009; 10:45 AM ET |
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