Climate and Ag in the news
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While cold conditions have come and gone across a lot of the continental US, southern Florida has largely bypassed the frigid conditions and is experiencing record high temperatures. In fact, according to Brian McNoldy in the Capital Weather Gang, “35 percent of all of our December heat-related records have been set in the past two years,…
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The recent cold snap which we’ve experienced across the US is something we expect to see with a La Niña, and it won’t surprise me if we see a few more outbreaks of cold air this winter and even into spring as the La Niña diminishes and we go back to neutral conditions. You can…
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How do you know if a state has set a new record for temperature, precipitation or snowfall? It’s not an easy process! You have to look at the historical data, assess its accuracy, determine what other events compare to it, and decide if the potential new record meets all the qualifications needed to represent an…
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Today’s stunning picture is of a snowfall in the Sahara desert in an area that has not seen snow in the last 37 years. While summer temperatures in the Sahara can be stifling, winter can actually be quite chilly, especially in the higher elevation areas near the Atlas Mountains. I love the picture of white…
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According to a disturbing report in Gizmodo today, “A new study published in Nature Plants demonstrates the surprisingly damaging effects of a 1930s-type drought on current US crops, and the impacts of global warming on agriculture in the years to come. Researchers Michael Glotter and Joshua Elliot from the University of Chicago ran computer simulations…
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The Capital Weather Gang posted a startling new story about the unbelievably warm temperatures at the North Pole that are expected to occur by Thursday. An usually warm period occurred a few weeks ago, and the conditions this time are expected to be even more extreme. The warm anomalies are linked to the lack of…
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While many younger folks are thinking about the North Pole this week in a non-scientific way, Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA takes an analytical approach to the topic, discussing why the North Pole is cold in his latest Forbes blog post here. The article also looks at differences between the North and South Pole and…