Climate and Ag in the news
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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…
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According to Drovers newsletter, Global methane emissions from agriculture and other sources have surged in recent years, threatening efforts to slow climate change, an international study has found. According to the study, methane production surged in 2007 and grew rapidly in 2014 and 2015. The causes of the surge are not well understood but are being…
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This week NASA announced that it has produced a new visualization of how carbon dioxide moves around the globe. It shows how CO2 moves around the earth and between the northern and southern hemispheres. You can really see the difference in the two hemispheres in terms of land area and plant life. You can read…
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The USDA released a map this week which shows how much cropland includes the use of cover crops. Cover crops help reduce erosion, improve soil fertility and reduce weeds, among other things. The Southeast has a higher percentage of cropland covered with cover crops than anywhere except Maryland, which encourages the use of cover crops…
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A bill that would have provided funds to improve weather forecasting on the 2 week to 2 year range, provide money to build new advanced models, and to improve weather and climate services to individual states was passed by unanimous consent in the Senate on December 2 but died in the House of Representatives because…
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