Climate and Ag in the news
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The Climate News Network produced an article this week describing how the recent unprecedented drought in Brazil has highlighted the importance of the Amazon rainforest in the regional water budget. The rainforest is being chopped down in many areas, in many cases to grow soybeans and other agricultural crops as well as for lumber. Ironically,…
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Climate.gov has a blog discussing topics related to El Nino, an oscillation which affects temperature and precipitation in parts of the Southeast, particularly in winter months when El Nino is usually strongest. One of the research questions that comes up in studies of changing climate is whether El Nino will occur more frequently in the…
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Today marks the 5-year anniversary of the historic flooding that affected areas around Atlanta on September 15-22, 2009. You may remember the photos of Six Flag’s roller coaster in a pool of water. The single highest 24-hour value was taken at the Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority. Are you prepared for a flood like…
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Many of the meteorologists and climatologists I know started out with a burning interest in weather, either because of a close encounter with a tornado or other storm event or because the weather and its many aspects were fascinating to them from an early age. The Gwinnett Daily Post had an article yesterday (click here…
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Business Insider shared an article from their Australian counterparts this week discussing some recent research results on ways to improve wheat yields without adding additional water. In brief, the research showed better crop yields when summer weeds were reduced to preserve moisture, crops were rotated regularly, and seeds were planted two to three weeks earlier…
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There have been some recent news stories about new crops that farmers are trying to establish in the Southeast in response to changing climate conditions as well as citrus greening and other problems with current crops. Previously I have written about satsumas as a new crop that is being introduced to southern Georgia to take…
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Investigation 92 from the National Hurricane Center is now moving westward across the Florida Peninsula. The graphic below shows the nice flow around the center of the disturbance. You can see the original with moving wind in real time by clicking here. Note that this will show a current view so if you look at…