Climate and Ag in the news
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Many of you have rain gauges (CoCoRaHS or otherwise), work for the National Weather Service or other agencies, or just love watching the weather. Today is your day! We celebrate everyone who observes the weather and reports it via work or citizen science. I have been watching the weather since a tornado came two blocks…
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One of the fastest spreading new crops in Georgia is cold-hardy citrus. It has been expanding rapidly in southern parts of the state in spite of some recent challenges from frost. Here is an update on the status of cold-hardy citrus in the Southeast and how it has been impacted by recent weather and climate…
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Do you spend a lot of time outside this time of year? It could be working on a tractor, feeding cattle, golfing, or out on the water. If so, you should also be weather-aware and be prepared to find a safe place to get away from severe weather, high winds, lightning, and hail. Here are…
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Yale Climate Connections published a story this week on the likely growth of Atlanta due to migration from coastal areas and more rural parts of the Southeast as sea levels and temperature rise as the climate gets warmer due to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and other factors. Some projections show it could increase from…
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Recent hurricanes like Michael and Idalia have caused tremendous hardship to timber producers, who lost not only their trees but in some cases also their processing plants, leaving them with limited markets even if they have trees to sell. Planting new trees won’t help older farmers since they typically take about 25 years before they…
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Today the National Hurricane Center posted a 5-day map of the Atlantic showing a center of possible activity in the central Atlantic with a 10% chance of development. Do I think it will develop into a tropical storm? No, but it is interesting and perhaps concerning that we are already seeing signs of activity so…
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Today, the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is announcing the availability of all chapters of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) in Spanish. This marks the first time that the entire National Climate Assessment has been translated into Spanish, greatly broadening the reach and accessibility of the U.S. government’s premier resource for communicating climate change risks, impacts, and…