Climate and Ag in the news
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Here is a listing of recent stories on agriculture and climate in the Southeast that you might find interesting. Specialty Crop Grower: So Far, So Good: Florida Blueberry Harvests Strong Drovers Newsletter: Considerations for Feeding Cattle Through Drought IFAS: Heat Stress and its Impact on Cattle Reproduction Specialty Crop Grower: Planting Cotton Amid Worsening Drought…
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I’ve been traveling this weekend to celebrate my mom’s 90th birthday up in Michigan, so am running a little behind. However, I do have a few stories to share with you that I have recently seen in the news of interest. Also included are a couple of hurricane YouTube videos that you might find informative.…
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Watching satellite loops of hurricanes, dust storms, and other atmospheric events has become routine and I see daily examples on social media plus on broadcast television and online. But it was just 65 years ago that the first weather satellite was launched, just a couple of years after the USSR launched Sputnik in 1957. One…
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If you watch a lot of disaster movies, you might sometimes wonder where they got information about the events that they used as the premise of the movies. Films like Volcano, Titanic, Twister and Twisters, Earthquake, The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, and many others are based in some way on science, although some more…
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The regional climate centers, including the Southeast Regional Climate Center which provides a variety of weather and climate data as well as other services, are due to be shut down on April 17 due to the significant budget cuts to NOAA and the move away from climate services. Funding for the centers is working its…
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If you are like me, this time of year brings a lot of sneezing, itchy eyes, and coughing as the “pollening” begins. It usually starts with tree pollen like pine and oak and then switches to flowers, grass, and other plant pollens. As the earth’s temperature gets warmer, we are seeing changes to the growing…
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Golfers who have played golf at Augusta National this week have noticed changes to the course related to Hurricane Helene. Augusta was hit very hard by winds on the right side of Helene and that has apparently caused severe tree loss on the course. These impacts have changed the way some holes can be played.…