Pam Knox
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The trend towards warmer temperatures in many areas of the world is a worrisome sign to entomologists and diseases specialists, because the range of mosquito-borne diseases is closely linked to temperature, according to an article in Time.com yesterday. “The link between climate change and mosquito-borne illness centers around how rising temperatures may expand the area…
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Medium.com had a long but interesting article on the Cerrado in Brazil and how it is being converted to cropland to export soy to China. When I think of Brazil I think of tropical rainforests, but it actually has another celebrated biome, the Cerrado, a grassland located in central Brazil. With the current demand for…
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The Storm Prediction Center has a new web resource for those who want to look at past tornado events. You can find it at https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/outbreaks/. This is a map-based tool that allows you to look at individual past tornado outbreaks and see the ingredients that went into them. I used this to find the tornado outbreak…
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Vegetable Growers’ News had a useful article this week on how to prepare your greenhouse or high tunnel for high winds or snow loading. You might find it useful, especially for the winds we may see later this week due to severe weather. You can find it at https://vegetablegrowersnews.com/news/how-to-prepare-your-greenhouse-high-tunnel-for-winter-storms/.
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This coming week rain is expected over the Southeast, with the lowest amounts in Florida and the highest amounts stretching from the eastern Gulf of Mexico up the East Coast. This track will bring significant rain to southeastern Georgia, where abnormally dry conditions have lingered over the past few months as they have missed a…
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The National Weather Service has issued a Day 5 Outlook (Tuesday to Wednesday next week) for severe weather which indicates a moderate chance of severe weather. The severe weather includes the chance for strong winds, hail, and tornadoes. Localized heavy rain is also possible. The center of the most likely area is in Alabama and…
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National Public Radio published this story yesterday on the growth of the oyster industry in the Southeast. “The oyster industry is now casting its eye down the Southeast coast and seeing paradise,” says Rowan Jacobsen, author of The Essential Oyster: A Salty Appreciation of Taste And Temptation to be published in October. “More than 6,000…