Climate and Ag in the news
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A new fire-mapping online tool is now available for the Southeast. It enables resource managers to improve their regional or local approaches to managing wildfire risk and fire management needs through targeted prescribed burns and training. Fire management helps improve forest ecosystem health, increases timber values, reduces the risk of wildfire damage to life and…
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Once again I have saved a bunch of stories on weather, climate, and agriculture that I thought were interesting over the past week. Maybe you will find one or more of them interesting, too. EarthSky: Awaiting the next historic solar storm Southeast Farm Press: Rebuilding the grain bin destroyed by hurricane then tornado Yahoo News:…
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With temperatures rising and extreme heat becoming more common, outdoor workers are feeling the brunt of the worsening conditions more than those who can work inside in air conditioning. Heat stress puts a big toll on farm workers and other outdoor jobholders. Seasonal shifts in where crops grow can lead to uncertainty for migrant workers…
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After a long and tortuous process, the Supreme Court decided 9-0 today that Florida had not proven its contention that overuse of water by Georgia farmers and water users a decade ago had led to the decimation of its oyster crop in Apalachicola Bay. The decision mentioned the over-harvest of oysters by Florida as well…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has a new web site! It looks fresh and has a lot of great information. One of the products they have is a seasonal summary for the region. The latest one for December 2020-February 2021 is now available at https://sercc.com/periodic-reports-quarterly/. Go and read it, and take a look at their…
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Today Climate.gov posted a Science Brief on recent research findings about the trends in tropical storm activity due to warming ocean temperatures associated with the changing climate. They describe how cyclone intensity has been measured and how it is increasing. They also describe likely changes in the tropical atmospheric conditions in the future and how…
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In Japan, they have been keeping track of the peak bloom date of their beautiful cherry blossoms for over 1,200 years. This year, they bloomed earlier than ever before, beating out the old record set in 1409 by a day. After holding steady for the first thousand years of the record, the date of the…