Climate and Ag in the news
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If you think the weather in the Southeast this year has been bad, compare how life in Jacobabad, Pakistan is. This is known as one of the hottest cities on Earth, and could provide a taste of what life could be like for more of the world in the future if global warming continues. You…
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I love Atlas Obscura for its highlighting of quirky places and foods. They provide a look at some seldom-seen local sites, and provide a historical context for why these sites exist. A year ago this week AO published a story that show many before and after pictures of glaciers in national parks showing how they…
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With the dry conditions getting worse across Georgia, peanut farmers have been at a loss for what to do with their crops. Do they harvest now in conditions that are not great due to dry, crusty soils or wait for rain to soften up the ground and give the peanuts time to mature? With little…
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Did you know that the National Weather Service used to provide weather kiosks in the downtowns of major cities which had Weather Bureau offices? This was to provide local weather information to pedestrians and downtown businesses. But because of their design and their likelihood of being vandalized, they were phased out. The last remaining one…
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If you have studied the solar system, you probably already know that Venus is the second planet from the sun, and that it is about the same size as Earth but has a much different atmosphere, with a lot more carbon dioxide than Earth has. But was it always like that? MSN posted an article…
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Now that almost everyone (my husband excluded) has a smartphone in their pocket or purse, many of us use weather apps to get daily forecasts as well as severe weather notices. But how good are they really? My friend Don Paul in Buffalo, NY, has a new blog post on how well or poorly they…
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After last year’s devastating impacts of Hurricane Michael on the Georgia cotton crop, extension specialists and producers are trying to find ways to avoid a repeat of that huge loss by considering how to plant and manage the crops. The Southeast Farm Press posted a couple of articles recently describing some of the recommendations that…