Today is March 1, and that means that it is now climatological spring. What a crazy winter it has been! Climatologists tie the start of spring to the beginning March for a number of reasons. Originally it was done for convenience when people had to do their climate average calculations…
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The wet winter has put producers behind in their field work in many parts of the Southeast. According to a recent article in Vegetable and Specialty Crop News, this could have a snowball effect and delay things all year, even potentially affecting fall planting if farmers continue to be behind….
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Last week I had the honor of testifying before the House Agriculture Committee on the topic of “Climate Change and the US Agriculture and Forestry Sectors.” It was a long hearing that lasted almost five hours. My key points from the testimony are below. If you are interested in hearing…
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I have many friends who share stories about climate and agriculture with me via social media and email. Here are several stories I have read in the news and their posts lately related to climate that you might find interesting. National Science Foundation: Tree rings and Iceland’s Laki volcano eruption:…
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Today is the last day of meteorological winter, and in spite of being in a La Nina this year, it has not felt nearly as warm and dry as we usually expect from a LN winter due to the impacts of the Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) which pushed the storm…
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More rounds of rain this week are expected in most areas of the Southeast except for the Florida Peninsula. The heaviest rain is expected to be in Alabama and western Georgia, with lighter amounts elsewhere. The Florida Peninsula should see only light amounts of rain, which could lead to the…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that the recent rains have removed the abnormally dry conditions (D0) that were western North Carolina and in Georgia and have reduced them in Florida. Moderate drought (D1) and abnormally dry conditions also shrunk in Alabama. With this week’s rain, I…
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