Climate and Ag in the news
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Extreme droughts in southern France and western Canada (this one I think is linked to the drought that is plaguing the Northern Plains right how) are causing tinder-dry conditions which are flaring into large and numerous wildfires in those regions. Here are two stories about the impacts of those fires. AgWeb noted that more than…
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Have you ever seen an insect or plant that you could not identify and wondered what it was? This new (to me, at least) app, allows you to snap a picture and get an immediate suggestion for what the picture is showing. What’s more, it locates the photo by GPS to allow researchers to track…
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Have the past two winters of warm weather in Florida provided a look ahead to what conditions might look like in the future? An AP report published in AgWeb today discuss how the warm temperatures impacted strawberry production in Florida and what it might mean for future production of the fruit in a warmer climate.…
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Here’s a list of the record hottest temperature in each of the 50 states according to KOCO TV. The link is here. However, they managed to forget Alabama. That record is 112 F, set on September 6, 1925 in Centreville, a very hot year in many parts of the Southeast. Note that the record high…
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While floods and droughts are causing problems for farmers in the US, producers in other parts of the world are having their own difficulties dealing with the weather. Southern Europe is in the middle of a severe drought which is reducing the production of cereal grains and causing heat stress problems for cattle, according to…
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While the Atlantic has been relatively inactive as far as tropical storms go this year (although they are still ahead of normal in named storms), the Pacific Ocean has been hopping. Weather Underground posted a story describing the eight storms that occurred at the same time across the Northern Pacific Ocean at https://www.wunderground.com/news/eight-tropical-cyclones-pacific-july2017. You can…
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Since it is now Atlantic tropical season, you might enjoy trying out this game from the National Hurricane Center on how to control hurricane paths by careful placement of high and low pressure centers. While it’s designed for teachers and kids, even older “kids” like us can learn how forecasting of hurricane paths is not…