Climate and Ag in the news
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A Time magazine article describes some of the changes that have been seen in recent years with snowshoe hares, wolverines, flying foxes, bats, and other wild mammals as climate has warmed and changed patterns of snow and humidity as well as temperature. In the future this may affect the range of some of these wild…
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December 1 marks the beginning of meteorological winter. After one of the coldest Novembers in recent memory, the beginning of December should bring quite a change to the Southeast. The weather patterns are starting to show signs of the expected El Nino signal, and most of the US should see temperatures above normal for the…
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November 30 marks the end of the hurricane season in the North Atlantic Ocean. The map below summarizes all of the storm paths this year. Only one storm hit the US: Hurricane Arthur over the 4th of July weekend. The lack of tropical systems this year was one of the main reasons for the development…
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Heavy snow in Michigan and other northern states slowed the delivery of Christmas trees in the past two weeks, according to Associated Press. An article today (link) noted that in some loading yards, stacks of trees awaiting shipment were covered by up to two feet of snow. The snow also covered roads and delayed transportation.…
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AL.com published a story two days ago describing the problems poultry farmers had last winter with poor availability of propane. This is the fuel of choice for many poultry farmers for heating their poultry houses, which are sometimes as long as two football fields in length. This resulted in particularly high costs last year, since…
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November 30 marks the end of the official hurricane season in the North Atlantic Ocean. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center released their summary of the season this week, discussing the relatively weak season and how well it was predicted. The lack of tropical storms over the Southeast contributed to the development of dry conditions and severe…
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When I was a small girl, my dad took me fishing for bass and bluegill up in my home state of Michigan. I still hold the family record for the most fish caught with the same worm (14!). I don’t do much fishing now, but I have friends who love to fish for trout. If…
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