Climate and Ag in the news
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Where were you on April 3-4, 1974? I was living in Grand Rapids, MI at the time. We heard the stories there of the terrible tornado outbreak that affected a wide area of the eastern US, including areas of the Southeast. My church sent workers to help in the cleanup of the devastation at Xenia,…
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The USDA’s Southeast Regional Climate Hub (SERCH) has a new web site that you might find interesting. This climate hub will be helping to gather information on climate and management of working lands like agriculture and forestry. They will also link to other groups that provide tools and data on dealing with climate variability and…
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The Washington Post had an intriguing article this week on the role that Arctic soils may play in greenhouse warming. Temperatures in polar regions, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, are increasing much faster than in other parts of the world due to changes in land cover and the switch from snow and ice to bare…
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If you follow the popular news, you will know that there has been a big story in last couple of weeks contending that public officials in Florida are being prevented from using the words “climate change” in their official communication. Today the Florida Climate Institute issued a statement about this controversy and the concern that…
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Starting April 1, 2015, the National Weather Service in approximately half their offices around the country will issue severe weather warnings with new impact-based language included in the warning. The traditional language used for tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings will be supplemented by additional phrases such as “this is a particularly dangerous storm” when conditions…
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For the first time since official records began in 1950, not a single tornado was reported in the Southeast in the month of March. In fact, there was very little severe weather across the entire region until the last day of the month, when strong winds and hail hit several areas in the region. You…
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A number of scientists have warned that this could be one of the worst pollen seasons ever for parts of the country. They attribute this to a number of factors, including the high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which provide a fertilization effect on some plants and warmer temperatures and wet conditions in…
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