Climate and Ag in the news
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The internet has been full of stories on agriculture and climate this week in addition to all of the stories about Tropical Storm Debby as it has developed over time. Here are a few that caught my eye. American Agriculturalist: Loss of animals hits hard (Vermont flooding impacts on poultry farm) Ambrook: Salting the earth…
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I enjoy reading stories describing the climate of different periods. This story from Smithsonian magazine discusses the types of plants that were present during the age of dinosaurs. It was interesting to me to read about how the asteroid impact that led to the end of the dinosaurs eventually led to the development of the…
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I am really excited to see that the University of South Alabama weather network has received a major grant to expand their network. They will be able to add some new personnel including a network manager, IT specialist, and technician. This is a fantastic addition to the network of networks we have across the Southeast…
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This year’s growing season in south Georgia has been a mix of very wet and very dry conditions. The growing season started wet, which led to delays in planting in some fields. Then June was quite dry across most of the state, causing problems with pollination in dryland corn and impacts on other crops as…
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Since I went to see Twisters today, I thought for some summer fun you might enjoy Time magazine’s list of the best disaster movies, since many of these movies have a weather or climate component. I don’t agree with all of their rankings but it is fun to see what the rankings are. My own…
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You might remember that Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas on July 8, bringing heavy rain, strong wind and damaging tornadoes to a wide swatch of the central US and into the Midwest and New England. One of the hardest hit places was Texas, not a surprise because it was the first place the storm…
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Even though it’s been dry in the Southeast, other parts of the country are experiencing extensive flooding that is causing significant damage to crops. AgWeb posted a story a few days ago describing the potential loss of up to one million acres due to flooding along the Missouri, Mississippi and other rivers in the Midwest.…