Climate and Ag in the news
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Lee Shearer of the Athens Banner-Herald posted an interesting story today about land use changes across Georgia in the past few decades. Climatologists know that changes in land from bare group crops to forests can cause changes in the local climate because of how it changes the energy balance. Similarly, changing land from fields to…
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According to the State Climate Office of Georgia, this week is National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)‘s Air Quality Awareness Week! Did you know that wildfires and smoke contain fine particulate matter that can cause serious cardiovascular and respiratory effects? When there’s smoke in the air, limit or suspend outdoor activity until you know the…
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The Florida Climate Institute noted in their newsletter today that a recent article published in Science shows how much land and ocean species are moving away from the equator due to a warming climate. The summary paper is based on a February 2016 conference on “Species on the Move” which gathered about 350 international scientists…
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Today is the launch of the website Convergence! The development was led by CISA’s Climate Integration and Outreach Associate, Ashley Ward. The website is a collaboration among scientists and stakeholders to identify and address the impact of extreme climate events on communities in the Carolinas. The convergence of communities and researchers to share knowledge and skills and…
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Here are a couple of resources I have seen recently that could be good for teachers or extension agents. Web Weather for Kids is a web site with information on basic weather produced by the University Center for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). It contains information on various types of severe weather and helps kids to understand…
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This week the EPA removed many of their climate resources from their web page, including several that I have mentioned in this blog, such as the report on climate change indicators in the Southeast. Fortunately, a number of different groups have mirrored these sites, figuring that they would be taken down. So if you are…
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We are almost at the end of April, and a look at the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives tool shows that for many stations in the Southeast, the year to date temperature is the warmest on record. Many other stations are in the top two or three warmest years so far. You can try out…