Climate and Ag in the news
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The Beyond the Data blog from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI, formerly NCDC) has another excellent entry this week. Jake Crouch describes the evolution of the four-year Texas drought from start to finish. You can read the story at https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/reflections-really-big-drought. The article concludes by stressing the importance of collecting quality data for monitoring climate.
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The NOAA climate summary for June 2015 was released this morning. It shows that for the nation as a whole, this past June was the second warmest on record (after June 1933). You can read the summary information now at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/summary-info/national/201506. The full report will be released on July 13.
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will become home to the new Drought Risk Management Research Center, as part of the National Drought Mitigation Center. The NDMC currently produces the National Drought Monitor and other products that help identify developing and strengthening droughts in the US and the world. The upgrade will help the facility to better…
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The Stripling Irrigation Research Park of the University of Georgia is celebrating Smart Irrigation Month in July by continuing to help growers maximize water-use efficiency in agriculture. You can visit their website at https://striplingpark.org/ to learn more about the activities that go on at this facility in Camilla GA. On July 8, they are hosting a regional…
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Now that so many people have smartphones, the use of weather apps has increased dramatically. But you have to be careful using these apps, because sometimes the information they provide, which appears to be based on science, may be more “wish-casting” than forecasting. Dan’s Wild Wild Science blog at the American Geophysical Union has a…
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The heat this summer has been intense in some places. Farmers know that too much heat makes dairy cattle produce less milk and cut into profits. Modern Farmer published a short article describing one Wisconsin farmer’s innovative way of keeping his cows cool and happy. You can read the article here. The Shade Haven looks like…
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I’ve been watching the weather in Europe carefully since I am headed there later this week with a church group. Today’s high temperature in Prague was supposed to reach 99 F, an astoundingly high value for central Europe. Many buildings there have no air conditioning, which brings extra misery and danger to the residents. This…
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