Climate and Ag in the news
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According to a February article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Georgia is the third fastest solar-power producer in the US. Georgia solar jobs grew by 23% over 2015. In addition to the solar panels you might put on your house, however, Yale Environment 360 says that large-scale solar power production is growing across the country in https://e360.yale.edu/features/northern-lights-utility-scale-solar-power-spreading-across-the-us,…
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NOAA’s latest update on the forecast for El Niño indicates that there are still mixed signals about the likelihood of an El Niño developing later this year. One observation in favor of the development is the current strong warming right off the coast of Peru and Ecuador, which is causing problems with tremendous flooding in…
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In the past I have watched and enjoyed the reality television show “Deadliest Catch”, which shows the life of Alaskan crab fishermen competing to get the most crabs in the limited harvest season. But in recent years, the ships have been forced to move farther north into more dangerous waters farther from their home harbors…
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With the return of drought conditions to parts of the Southeast, the number of wildfires is on the rise, especially in Florida. The fires are particularly bad in the southern part of the Florida peninsula where the drought is growing, but the fires are being seen in other parts of Florida as well as some…
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AgWeb posted an article this past week which provides an overview of the strange weather that has been observed in many places around the US, including the mid-March freezes in the Southeast, torrential rains in California, and record-setting tornado occurrences so far this spring. You can read more about it here.
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From the Florida Climate Center: ‘This article outlines the perspectives of Palm Beach County residents who evacuated their homes and also those who chose not to during Hurricane Matthew. It is an interesting read. However, as always, we strongly encourage you to heed all evacuation orders.” You can read the article from the Palm Beach…
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Water is the lifeblood of agriculture, and availability of clean surface water is something valuable to agricultural producers as well as urban dwellers. AmericanRivers.org has published their 2017 list of the most endangered rivers in the US, including three in the Southeast. You can read more about what is threatening them in the report here.
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