Pam Knox
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The Tampa Bay Times had an interesting column by Jack Payne last week on why it is important to understand why some trees survive hurricanes like Irma and others don’t. If we knew the species that were most resilient or could breed stronger varieties, that might help provide protection against damage to buildings, power lines,…
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The CoCoRaHS webinar series is starting off in 2018 with a talk on storm surge modeling and how coastal communities are preparing for future storm surges. The webinar will be held on Thursday January 25 at 1:05 PM EST. Ironically, it was postponed from last fall due to Hurricane Irma. You do not need to…
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The peanut crop in Florida last year suffered a significant decline, and scientists are scratching their heads trying to figure out what caused it. One of the early possibilities discussed was salty water dropped by Hurricane Irma, but the actual causes are most likely a combination of several factors. Bob Kemerait of UGA describes the…
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The Packer noted in a story this week that strong winds in California last fall have affected the crop of lemons harvested by increasing scarring of the skin, which reduced the value of the crop, although the juice quality was otherwise unaffected. Some lemons were also destroyed by the Western wildfires, which were also driven…
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I am working on a talk that I will be giving at the UGA Extension Winter School on Wednesday about freeze protection for fruit; my co-presenters are Drs. Erick Smith and Tim Coolong. In my part of the talk I describe the difference between advective and radiative freezes. Advective freezes occur when cold and (often)…
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If you love to look at maps, you will be interested in this new GIS-based map of forest cover in the US. This is the latest in a string of GIS-based maps of river basins for various continents, and the author Robert Szucs has been featured for these on this blog and other places in the…
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When I was a kid in Michigan, my grandmother’s yard was filled with sassafras trees. So I was very interested in this article from the USDA about ambrosia beetles, which can kill a sassafras tree in just four weeks. Will milder winters cause the trees I remember from Michigan succumb to ambrosia beetles in the…