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Weather and climate are frequently in the news. I tend not to talk much about current weather because it changes faster than this blog, although I occasionally mention upcoming frost or tropical storm events. On the longer term, there are some interesting stories around that are informative or entertaining to read. Here are a few I have run across lately.

New York Times: Most of America’s Fruit Is Now Imported. Is That a Bad Thing?

Weather.com: Is Climate Change Making Winter Weather Worse? New Study Stokes the Debate

Phys.org: Assessing the impact of hurricanes on Puerto Rico’s forests

Atlas Obscura: How Two Italians Achieved a 200-Year-Old Dream of Virginian Wine

Two Sparrows Farm blog: The end of the road (about small farms)

This map of Puerto Rico shows highest forest damage and tree mortality impact areas in with darker tones of red indicating more intense forest disturbance as tree mortality and crown damage. Grey areas represent non-forested areas or areas with cloud cover. Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-03-impact-hurricanes-puerto-rico-forests.html#jCp

 

 

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