Climate and Ag in the news
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Climate models are very complex, and one part of the models that is especially difficult to get correct is how the models handle clouds. Clouds tend to be smaller than the grid size of the models and reach to different wavelengths of light in different ways. High clouds during the day can cool things off…
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I’ve been collecting stories that might be of interest to you. They cover a variety of topics on agriculture and climate. Since I am only posting four days a week, they tend to pile up! Hope you find something useful to you or at least interesting. The picture on the bottom is not mine but…
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The 5th National Climate Assessment was released on Tuesday morning, the culmination of almost five years of work since the 4th Assessment was released in 2018. This assessment, written by several hundred scientists and reviewed several times by numerous government, public, and private groups as well as interested citizens, contains the latest scientific knowledge of…
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I don’t think anyone would argue that access to water is one of the most important factors that determine what you can grow and whether you can make a living farming. Here in the Southeast, we get on average 50 inches of precipitation, mostly rain, each year, with moisture streaming in from the Gulf of…
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If you follow national climate news, you have probably seen a lot of splashy information on the 5th National Climate Assessment, which was released Tuesday morning to a lot of acclaim and a huge roll-out of information about the changing climate in the United States. I was one of the authors of the Southeast chapter,…
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My friend Bob Kemerait wrote an article this week for Southeast Farm Press that describes how El Nino may affect your planting plans next growing season. He quoted me in it, so you might be interested in reading it. The important thing to keep in mind is that even though El Nino is currently occurring…
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If you have ever lived through a natural disaster caused by a hazard like a tornado, hurricane, or flood, you know the importance of help to recover from the disaster. The first help often comes from neighbors and friends, but later the government plays a big role in providing shelter, health care, and food, followed…