At Mother Jones, there is great concern about a future "California Without Fog?" In the Golden State, since 1981 the Central Valley's winter fog from November through February "has been appearing less and less often ... according to Dennis Baldocchi and Eric Waller at the University of California, Berkeley." Waller and Baldocchi go on to state that "the fog's disappearance is both occurring along with the state's milder winters, and is also contributing to them, as less fog in the air means warmer temperatures. The clearer air may be good news for motorists, but it's another kick in the butt to California's multitude of fruit and nut farmers." Milder winters? Less fog means warmer temperatures? Well, in the five major NOAA climate sub-regions for the Central Valley (Bakersfield, Fresno, Redding, Sacramento, and Stockton), I see no clear evidence for "milder winters" or "warmer temperatures" between November...(Read Full Post)