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- “Are you ready for a 35-year drought?”
- “Cosmos” on Fox TV provides accessible tutorial on carbon dioxide and climate change
- “Drought re-shaping the cattle map”
- “When hurricanes were hurricanes”– a column by Bryan Norcross
- 2015 has been declared the International Year of Soils by the UN
- 7-day rainfall outlook below normal again
- 75th anniversary of “The Wizard of Oz”–test footage of tornado scenes
- A historic year for temperature extremes
- A quarter of India’s land is turning into desert
- After a wet weekend, seasonal temperatures and some drying
- Agricultural impacts from recent dry weather
- April 2014 Climate Summary for Georgia
- April 2014 was the third wettest for the Southeast
- Arctic and Antarctic sea ice–what’s the story?
- Are we going into a “flash” drought?
- ARID model may help growers mitigate against drought
- Atlantic Hurricane season officially begins
- August through September outlook
- Below normal rainfall and warm temperatures this week and next
- Blueberries, other crops late but in good supply
- Breeding tomatoes, sweet peas to grow in different weather conditions
- Bumper crop of yellow flies linked to wet 2013 and 2014
- California drought transforms markets
- Chance of El Nino now up to 80 percent
- Changing climate could impact growing season, pests
- Chincoteague a case study in sea level rise issues
- Chinese barbecue, pollution and impacts on US weather patterns
- cli-MATE website provides easy access to archived climate data
- Climate and Agriculture in North Carolina and beyond
- Climate and agriculture sessions at NACAA
- Climate change and extreme weather create new farming risks
- Climate records shattered in 2013
- Climate summaries for Florida and NC now available
- CO2 makes growing season longer
- CoCoRaHS celebrates 16th birthday
- Cold air damming brings cool weather to NE Georgia
- Cool and pretty weather to give way to warmer and cloudier conditions
- Cool cows produce more milk, reproduce faster
- Corn moving north?
- Could increased volcanic activity mean an early fall frost?
- Could lemons make a comeback in the Southeast?
- Crops and climate in the news
- Drier than normal for next 7 days except in South Florida
- Drought affects corn yield in China
- Drought and earthquake impacts on agriculture across the world
- Drought expands slightly across Southeast
- Drought returns to Georgia
- Dry conditions expand but should change soon
- Dryland peanuts suffer from drought, insect infestations; harvest carefully
- Early hurricane forecast for 2014 predicts quiet season
- Early return of southern corn rust may have been caused by wet spring
- Easy web site to plot climate trends
- EDEN’s next 48 hours of weather
- El Nino could be good for Florida
- El Nino impacts–Strength matters
- El Nino may lead to milder chiles–Western and international impacts
- El Nino slow to develop
- El Nino update
- El Nino update and fall/winter outlook from Peanut Pointers
- El Niño…or El No-Show?
- Erupting volcano in Papua New Guinea could lead to cooler climate for several years
- European peaches feeling impact of weather, Russian embargo
- Evaporative stress index can identify flash droughts early
- Excellent corn crop provides high yields but low prices
- Excellent editorial on stockmanship from Southeast Cattle Advisor
- FAQs on climate change, climate variability and Florida from the Florida Climate Institute
- Farmers leading the way in adapting to shifts in climate
- Farmers’ Almanac blows summer forecast
- Farming in the modern Dust Bowl
- Feast or famine for August rainfall in Georgia
- Fields drying, hot Memorial Day weekend could speed that up
- Finding links between weather and cattle production
- First day of astronomical summer–forecast for July through September
- First tropical depression of year
- Flood of 1994 twenty years later
- Florida and North Carolina summaries for June
- Florida and the Southeast more vulnerable to tornadoes than the Midwest
- Florida blueberries running late due to lack of chill hours, cool spring nights
- Florida climate summary for April 2014 is available
- Florida climate summary for August now available
- Florida May climate summary and newsletter now available
- Game of golf adapts to changing climate
- Get ready for warmer temperatures
- Global warming has become “normal climate” for most
- Good weekend for most areas away from Arthur
- Growth in demand for almond milk may be affecting California’s drought
- Hazy sky today due to Saharan dust
- Heat and livestock–research and tips
- Heat Awareness Day opens the Memorial Day weekend
- Hello everyone!
- How do this summer’s temperatures stack up?
- How El Nino will change the world’s weather and global food supply
- How global warming can be slowing down, speeding up, and going steady all at the same time
- How much do climate patterns influence predictability in the US?
- Increased CO2 levels in atmosphere reduce zinc, iron in C3 plants
- Interactive tornado tracker tool
- Interesting article on quiet hurricane season
- Interesting display of storm reports
- IPM Climate Outlook for 2014 Growing Season and Winter 2014-15
- Is a super-El Nino coming? An analysis by the Florida State Climatologist
- Is beef production bad for global warming?
- Is climate engineering effective?
- Is the warming Arctic causing more extreme summer weather?
- Jan-July global temperature tied with 2002 for 3rd warmest
- July 2014 climate summary for Georgia
- June 2014 climate summary–Typical June weather for the state as a whole
- Kansas ag producers worried about climate change; Extension agents most trusted for info
- Knox on WeatherBrains tonight
- Kudzu marches north as climate warms
- Lawn and Garden Moisture Index
- Let me introduce myself…
- Lime shortage traces back to Hurricane Andrew
- Little rain for next week across most of the Southeast; drought may expand
- Live lightning map shows cold front sagging into northern GA tonight
- Livestock and climate in the news
- Lowest August tornado count since the 1960s
- Managing cattle for “ever-present change”–some web sites you can use to gather information
- Mapping drought across the US
- May 2014 climate outlook released by NOAA
- Microclimate of fields affects soybean yields
- NACAA annual meeting in Mobile will include sessions on climate and agriculture
- National Climate Assessment report released–direct link to agriculture section
- National drought stories for August available from the National Drought Mitigation Center
- NC State blog describes weather factors for plant growth
- Near-normal May weather helps farmers finish planting
- New blog on weather and agriculture in the Great Plains
- New cotton irrigation app now available
- New ENSO blog available from NOAA
- New Extension Plant Pathology newsletter discusses winter impacts
- New NOAA viewers look at sea level and land use changes in coastal areas
- New NWS interactive rainfall web site
- New online course on animal agriculture and climate change available
- New report discusses economic risks of climate change to agriculture and other businesses
- New report: “Dealing with climate change is a matter of managing risk”
- New UGA scientist to study heat stress on dairy
- New York Times on writing about drought
- Next five days fairly dry except in Florida and at coasts
- Next two weeks likely to be colder and wetter than usual
- Next two weeks look warmer and drier than normal: drought could expand
- Nice website for getting cattle heat stress predictions
- No-till agriculture can cool fields up to 2 degrees on the hottest days
- No-till expands in northern Europe, preserving soil and carbon
- NOAA issues official 2014 hurricane forecast
- NOAA reinstates July 1936 as the warmest month on record–A “hot” topic for climatologists!
- NOAA reports new records set for June and 3-month period
- North Carolina climate summary for August available
- Not too late for “Waste to Worth” conference submissions
- Oceanic methane a big question mark in greenhouse emissions
- Oklahoma’s variable climate helping scientists understand ag impacts
- Peanut agronomist upbeat about crop
- PINEMAP group meets to discuss impacts of climate trends on forests
- Pork industry fights drought, disease
- Possibility of early frost in ND pushes up corn prices
- Potential flooding rains and severe weather early this week
- Predicting disease outbreaks based on weather
- Quiet start to week; July hurricane climatology
- Rain most likely over driest areas of Georgia this week
- Rain to diminish unusually dry conditions in northern areas on Wednesday into Thursday
- Replacement needed for Covington NWS coop observer–150 years of records on the line!
- River flows decreasing in NE Georgia; more extremes occurring
- Saharan dust, cool Atlantic may keep hurricane numbers low this season
- Satsumas a growing crop in south Georgia
- Scattered rain early in the week but increasing chances later
- Seminole Crop E-News provides articles on crops in Southwest Georgia
- Severe drought expands across Georgia
- Severe drought returns to Georgia
- Severe weather and changing climate forcing farmers to innovate
- Short and long-term outlooks
- South Alabama in the bullseye for heavy rains
- Southeast Climate Consortium meets in Tallahassee
- Southeast could become overdeveloped megalopolis in next 50 years
- Southeast Innovative Farming Team (SIFT) has new blog/website
- Southeastern cattle could help rebuild national herd and adapt to warmer temperatures
- Southern Region Extension Climate Academy to be held in Athens on September 3-5
- Spider mites in peanuts increasing in hot, dry weather
- SRECA-related media reports on climate and agriculture
- Stalled front could bring excess rain to Florida
- State of the Climate website provides monthly summaries on national and global scale
- Strawberry web tool could save $1.7 million in fungicide over 10 years
- Strong temperature anomalies across North America
- Summer 2014 near normal in temperature for Georgia; fall and winter outlook clouded by El Nino uncertainty
- Summer ozone expected to get much worse in next 35 years
- Summer summary and fall outlook available for NC
- Swirling water vapor image over GA 4-19-2014
- The Clean Cow Project
- The Heat Index explained in NC blog post
- The problem with seasonal forecasts
- The value of government weather and climate data
- Today is National Heatstroke Prevention Day
- Tonight’s radar shows the importance of having many rain observers or good radar coverage
- Tracking tropical storms using the National Hurricane Center web site
- Tropical activity off the east coast
- Tropical Depression 2 not expected to cause problems
- Tropical Storm Bertha not expected to affect Southeast
- Tropical Storm Iselle devastates papaya trees but Maui onions were spared
- Tropical system continues to drift south
- Tropical troubles
- TS Cristobal forms, minimal impact expected for Southeast
- Two notable anniversaries
- Two online rainfall data sources
- UGA geography professor hosts weather show on The Weather Channel
- Unsettled weather continues in the Southeast Wed-Sun
- Update on TS Arthur
- Updated earthquake hazard map from USGS
- Updated hurricane season update shows 70% chance of below normal activity
- USGS National Climate Change Viewer provides maps of projected future climate
- Variations in climate have distinct effects
- Warm and dry conditions this week great for fields, farmers
- Warm and wet weather continues
- Watermelons benefit from warmer, drier weather
- Weak relationship between drought and pine productivity seen
- WeatherBrains podcast on this blog now available
- Wet August in Midwest leads to record soybean production
- Wet conditions could cause problems for pecans
- Wet spring across most of Southeast; temps slightly cooler than average
- What are crepuscular rays?
- What do California farmers think about climate change?
- What happened to last year’s Atlantic hurricane season?
- What is a forensic meteorologist?
- What is a Mesoscale Convective System?
- What is the Bermuda high?
- What is the hottest day of the year? It depends on where you live.
- What to do when hail hits
- Why does meteorological fall start on September 1?
- Why isn’t the hottest weather on the longest day?
- Will the Florida rainy season begin on time?
- Wind storms could affect banana supplies
- Winter precipitation across the Southeast is decreasing
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