Climate and Ag in the news
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I sometimes get asked about gifts for people who love the weather. I like to recommend weather-related books like “Isaac’s Storm” and see that there are many listed if you search for “weather books” on Amazon or other bookseller sites. You can also check out this list put together by my friend Alicia Wasula: https://www.stmweather.com/blog/an-updated-gift-guide-for-weather-enthusiasts.…
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Here is a stark story from Scientific American about the need to move the capital of Iran from Tehran to another location with more water. The reason is a combination of lingering drought caused by warming temperatures due to climate change and significant overuse of the aquifers underneath the city to provide both drinking water…
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Here is an interesting story from UF/IFAS Extension on improving cold hardiness of plants like citrus using seaweed extract that I read last week at https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2025/11/21/boosting-citrus-cold-hardiness-with-seaweed-extract-biostimulants/. The seaweed extract does not just protect the plants but also helps enhance cold hardiness, reduce freeze damage, and improve root vigor and plant growth. I do not know…
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The Arctic air that invaded the Southeast early this week dropped temperatures to levels that broke daily temperature records in many parts of the region on Monday and Tuesday. This led to a first fall frost event that only happens about once every ten years or even less often in southern parts of the region.…
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Now that it is November, it is time to start thinking about holiday gifts. If you have a weather nerd in your family (husband, daughter, son, wife, or parent), you might consider giving them a home weather station. The New York Times posted a story this week about some stations they recommend. You can find…
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The fall colors of the trees in my neighborhood in Georgia are really starting to come out, although they are not nearly as close to peak as those in the Southern Appalachian Mountains shown in Facebook images that my friends are posting as they travel up to the northeast this weekend. Fall is one of…
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One of the biggest surprises to me during this past Atlantic hurricane season was just how good the forecast models were. One of the biggest surprises was the new (to me) Google DeepMind AI model, which did an amazing job of forecasting the path of the storms this year and did well at predicting intensity…