Here is an interesting story I read in Modern Farmer this morning. You may have heard that dogs’ keen sense of smell has been used to find truffles underground or even identify potential cancer in humans, but in this story, research has shown that dogs may also be able to…
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Messaging is an important part of how weather risks, climate science and changing climate are communicated to the public. But it can be hard to pick the most effective way to communicate these messages. A recent survey of residents of coastal South Florida shows that it can be difficult to…
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This has been a crazy week for weather in the Southeast, and especially in Georgia where we saw inches of rain, record warm conditions, and this morning, snow in northern parts of the state (including just less than an inch at my house in Athens). What is going on with…
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The latest NOAA climate summary was published yesterday for January 2020. It shows that the month was the 5th warmest January on record. The month was also in the top third of all years in rainfall. You can read more at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202001.
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I was recently interviewed by Emily Cabrera of UGA on how I think the recent weather and the expected climate for the next couple of months will affect spring production and planting. This wet and warm weather will definitely have some impacts on producers going into the next growing season….
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If you have ever been to Miami, you might agree that it is hard to find anything that looks like a native ecosystem. So I was very interested to read this article in Atlas Obscura describing the small remnants of pine rocklands, an endangered native forest that is located in…
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Yahoo News provided a fascinating look at the ocean floor in an animation that shows the ocean slowly draining. As the water levels get lower, you can see the land bridges that allowed animals and people to move between continents. As it gets lower, you can see the mid-ocean ridges…
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