Climate and Ag in the news
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As we approach the next Atlantic tropical season, it’s interesting to read about hurricane research and what it might tell us about how hurricanes behave. It helps explain why Hurricane Matthew stayed just off the coast and did not intensify as much as was feared along Florida’s East Coast. A story from the University of…
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In spite of removal of many trees from around urban areas, some pockets of old-growth forest still remain. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote about a few such remnant forests around Atlanta in an article earlier this week which noted that these forests have been recognized by the Maryland-based Old-Growth Forest Network. You can read about it here.…
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WeatherNation TV reported this weekend that the town of Saint George in Charlton County had to be evacuated due to heavy smoke and fire from the West Mims fire which I have mentioned previously in this blog. The fire expanded rapidly over the weekend. Smoke from the fire traveled as far as Jacksonville FL. You…
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In 2014 on April 30 a morning storm came through Athens and dropped a large oak tree between my garage and my neighbor’s house. It barely missed the garage but clipped a corner of the neighbor’s house. I had moved my car out of the garage less than half an hour earlier, which was lucky because…
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Here’s an interesting story from Eos about unexpected changes in regional climate due to human intervention. In this story, it’s the change from using horses to draw farm equipment to mechanized tractors which caused the change. Horses eat oats, and the reduction in the number of horses used in farm work allowed farmers to switch…
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A late-season blizzard last weekend has caused tremendous problems for farmers in Oklahoma and Kansas. According to a story this week in AgWeb, thousands of cattle have died in the storm and many others are starving because of lack of access to food. The story notes that “As much as 75 percent of the U.S.…
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The fire that started in the Okefenokee Swamp on April 6 has been steadily moving through the area since then. According to the story, “So far, nearly all of the burning acreage has been confined to the Okefenokee refuge in southeast Georgia, as well as the neighboring Osceola National Forest and John M. Bethea State…
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