Climate and Ag in the news
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The wind shifted direction today and Athens had less smoke than earlier this week, although you could see the smoky cloud band to the northeast. Other areas were getting the smoke instead. Here in Athens we will have a reprieve for a day or so as the winds turn to come from the south ahead…
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Weather Underground had some interesting pictures of clouds in upstate New York that looked a bit like jellyfish. While we don’t have any clouds in the sky outside my office today (remember that a drought is too many days of nice weather in a row), I have seen similar clouds in the past and someday…
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UPDATE: Georgia EPD has just declared a Level 2 Drought Response Level in selected counties in Georgia. See below for more details. The latest Drought Monitor shows worsening conditions across most of the Southeast but especially in Georgia. The Drought Monitor authors told me that since November 11 they have gotten 61 comments on the…
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I recently read news stories about two new uses for wood that may help with different aspects of energy production. If they can be commercialized, they could be great new options for wood producers. The USDA noted earlier this week in a press release that Alaska Airlines today landed the first commercial flight powered in…
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I’ve been seeing some interesting and alarming stories this week about extremes in climate. The Washington Post published a story about a giant reservoir in Southern California that is nearly dry due to the continuing drought there. Remember that So Cal got mainly missed by the El Niño rains that fell last winter. The water…
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Is the sun causing the warming we have seen in recent decades? This is a comment I occasionally get from people who are not paying careful attention to how climate works. While solar radiation can affect climate on a variety of time scales (ice ages from distance-related orbital changes in our trip around the sun,…
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There is a great new resource available for free describing the relationships between climate and crops. It is an iBook recently produced by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Auburn University. Here are some comments about it from their press release: Dr. John Beasley, head of Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences,…