Climate and Ag in the news
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A new study by researchers at Kansas State and North Carolina State Universities shows that warmer nighttime temperatures cause problems in rice and (potentially) wheat, altering their circadian rhythm behavior. This is a concern for farmers because temperatures overnight are warming twice as fast as daytime high temperatures. Warm overnights are linked to higher humidity…
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I have way too many tabs open on my Windows computer. Here are some of the collected stories of interest that I have seen over the past few weeks. This batch is mostly stories on national or international climate and agriculture. I will publish a second list tomorrow for more local stories from the Southeast.…
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Here is a 5-minute video that describes how warming temperatures in cities is increasing the number of insect pests there and affecting the health of tree canopies. Here is the description of the video: Cities often experience higher temperatures than rural areas in a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect. The temperature difference…
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Georgia’s changing climate presents new risks to the state’s essential water, energy, transportation, and medical infrastructure. Please join us to learn about these challenges and the steps that can be taken to build a just and climate-resilient future for all Georgians. Join us on June 30 from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST for our…
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This week is the National Weather Service’s Lightning Awareness week. All this week they will be posting information about lightning causes, climatology, and safety. In Georgia, sadly, we have already had at least one death from lightning this year when a lightning bolt hit the ocean near a swimmer near Tybee Island and the electrical…
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I ran across this video a week ago and have just found it in my overloaded list of windows. It’s a little late for D-Day, which was earlier this month, but still a fascinating look at the weather planning required to plan the D-Day invasion, which required a lot of coordination and care in timing.…
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ACF Webinar Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Drought and Water Monthly Webinar + Evaporative Demand Drought Index Overview Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 1 p.m. ET The webinar will provide updated information on the climate, water, and drought status of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. This drought assessment webinar is brought to you by the Auburn University Water…