Climate and Ag in the news
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My Windows queue is getting filled with links to a bunch of climate-related stories that I found to be of interest in the last couple of weeks. Most of them are related to recent extreme weather and climate events that have occurred around the US and the world. You might be interested in some of…
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The latest tropical outlook for TS Henri indicates that it is now likely to hit Long Island, New York, with a chance of hitting the Big City itself. I lived there for two years and have a hard time imagining how wild it would be with hurricane-force winds whipping through the skyscrapers. If you have…
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My husband teaches introductory weather and climate at the University of Georgia. He likes to spice things up by including weather-related songs at the beginning of each class. This year he managed to put them all together in a Spotify playlist. Each of these was picked to match the topic for that day’s lecture. If…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office has produced a Rapid Response post on TS Fred for their blog. It describes how wet it was before Fred came through and how the heavy rain from Fred contributed to massive flooding in western NC that has left 35 people missing. You can read the blog and see…
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Here is a useful article for those of you who are home gardeners and are starting to think about planting fall crops. It’s from The Garden Professors blog, the other blog I contribute to. This one is written by John Porter of University of Nebraska Extension. He includes a map that shows fall frost dates…
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With Fred and then Grace likely to affect farms in the Southeast this weekend and next week, there are plenty of things that you can do to get ready for the storms. In this case, both storms are lkely to feature plenty of rain along with some strong wind gusts and perhaps a few weak…
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NIDIS is pleased to announce two new interactive features on Drought.gov that will make it easier for decision makers and the public across the U.S. to share timely, reliable drought information. First, new customization and sharing options for all maps make it easier than ever to create custom, high-quality maps to include in drought or risk mitigation…