Climate and Ag in the news
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While I’ve been away, a number of stories on the 2017 year in review have shown up in the media. Here is a selection of what they are saying: New York Times: The Year in Climate Washington Post: The Ten Most Incredible Photos from an Asounding Year in Weather Medium: Stu Ostro’s Meteorological Images of…
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The round of summaries of 2017 has begun, and here is a good slide show of some of the weather and climate events that have shaped 2017 from Bloomberg News: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2017-12-20/a-year-of-climate-change-in-photos. The slides that follow it are also interesting for their aerial views of agriculture and industry.
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Southeast AgNet Radio network posted a story today noting that in spite of some weather challenges this year, Alabama cotton yields are expected to be the third highest in history. Other crops also did well, although farmers were hurt by low prices for those crops. You can read more at https://southeastagnet.com/2017/12/19/alabama-cotton-yields-third-highest/.
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When I drove to Birmingham this past weekend, I noticed a lot of damage to trees along the interstate, especially in the areas that got the most snow in our recent event. What do you need to do to take care of the trees and bushes that were damaged by the snow? Paul Pugliese has…
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Our partner the Southern Regional Extension Forestry group has a new newsletter available. You can read it here.
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The latest NOAA global climate summary was released today. It shows that for the globe as a whole, November was tied for 5th warmest, September through November was the fourth warmest, and 2017 to date was the third warmest on record. You can read more information about sea ice and other global climate stories at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201711.
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Here is an interesting story about how farmers in the Plains are returning to tilling after years of no-till. The concept of no-till was driven in large part by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, when tilled fields literally blew away in the strong winds that accompanied the major drought then. The article’s title is…