Climate and Ag in the news
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How do we know what the climate was like centuries ago? Climatologists use “proxy data” to determine the past climates. Records like tree rings show changes from year to year in growth patterns that are related to the climate in which the rings form, and the scientists can combine this with other information to see…
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The Augusta Chronicle ran an article in late August describing the effects that scientists expect will occur on Georgia’s coastline as sea levels continue to rise. You can read the article online here. Scientists from the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography are refining land elevation measurements and computer simulations to improve the prediction…
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Yahoo News provided a link to a recent story on the eight states that are currently running out of water. I expected to read about California and the Pacific Northwest but did not expect to see South Carolina in the mix. You can read the story here with a list of the eight states. The…
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As of 5 pm today, the National Hurricane Center announced the formation of Tropical Storm Grace, out in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It will be going through a large area of dry conditions and strong wind shear so is not expected to deepen much.
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I ran across this article today on the impacts of warming climate on the wine-making industry in Quebec, Canada. It starts with one of the best lines I have ever read in a climate change article. “Crops are drying out, cattle are too hot to have sex, and the gelato industry is slowly melting away.…
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David Zierden, the Florida State Climatologist, recently posted an update on El Nino on the SIFT blog. You can read it at https://www.siftag.org/super-el-nino-poised-to-disrupt-weather-patterns/. Climate Central also published a video comparison of the 1997 and 2015 El Nino sea surface temperatures here.
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Now that it is September, people are starting to think about fall. I frequently get asked when the peak color is going to occur. Of course, conditions vary from year to year depending on the climate conditions each year, but there are a few sites that have really useful information to address this question. The…