Climate and Ag in the news
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Science Friday of National Public Radio (where I was once an intern) has a book club which introduces listeners to new books that discuss interesting aspects of science. This review of N.K. Jemisin’s ‘The Fifth Season’ describes a new book which describes how volcanic eruptions and the atmospheric effects which followed them affected the art…
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Time magazine posted a longform story earlier this week on the terrible drought which has been occurring in Australia this year, combining record-setting high temperatures with very low precipitation amounts. The impacts of this drought on agriculture have been awful, resulting in the losses of immense numbers of cattle and sheep as well as reduced…
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The Guardian had an interesting story this week about real estate values in Miami FL and other places that are already experiencing impacts of rising seas and more devastating tropical storms. Surprisingly, business in building new condos and commercial buildings is booming, even though the streets are flooding more frequently and recent hurricanes have caused…
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You might think of Mars as a cold and lifeless planet a long way from the earth, and while you are right, it still has a thin atmosphere and so has weather. NASA has just launched a web site which provides access to weather information that is being collected on Mars along with information on…
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If you’ve ever had tupelo honey, you know what a treat it is. I was interested to read a story about the tupelo bloom being affected by Hurricane Michael in the latest IFAS newsletter today. According to the story, the tupelo trees were so stressed by the hurricane winds that their blooming season is all…
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I frequently get asked questions about questionable information that people have found online in social media and elsewhere on various aspects of climate science. Here is a good discussion of three myths related to clean energy and how understanding them can lead to a better understanding of climate science and climate change. You can read…
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Here is a neat map which shows the range of tree diversity across the entire earth, as compiled by a combination of ground surveys and satellite scans. You can see many areas where there are no trees at all (deserts, American central plains, Arctic) and other areas where the variety of trees is very diverse.…