Climate and Ag in the news
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The National Hurricane Center has started putting out advisories on Tropical Depression 2, located in the tropical Atlantic. There is enough convective activity associated with the circulation to identify it as a closed circulation, which gives it depression status. In the short term, TD2 may strengthen slightly and could even gain named status in the…
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Yahoo News provided a summary of the latest 2013 State of the Climate report, issued yearly by NOAA with reviews by 427 scientists from 57 different countries. You can find Yahoo’s summary by clicking here. Some of the notable findings were that Arctic sea ice continues to decrease while Antarctic sea ice is increasing (although…
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Growing Georgia reported this week that the watermelon crop this year has benefited from the warmer and drier weather we have had this year compared to last year’s rainy conditions. Yields were good even with the late start due to a cold and wet spring. Disease and insect pressure were reduced but producers were able…
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Although earthquakes are not really climate, they are a natural hazard that also affects the lives of millions of Americans, including folks in our own region. The US Geological Survey has just released a new earthquake hazard map which shows updated values for the threat of earthquakes. For more information, you can visit https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1091/
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California’s current drought is one of the worst ever seen in the state’s history, according to a recent study by UC-Davis. In the story, published here, it points out that California produces 80 percent of the world’s almonds and that it takes 1.1 gallons of water to produce each almond. Because of the lack of…
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Some of you may remember the early predictions for last year’s hurricane season, showing a chance of a very active season. Instead, the season was very calm, with few hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic basin. NOAA has put out an article on Climate.gov which explains where scientists went wrong. You can view it…
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The Florida Climate Institute has put together an excellent list of FAQs on climate variability, climate change and their impacts on Florida. Many of these FAQs apply broadly across the Southeast, and address El Nino, hurricanes, changing sea level, and the vulnerability of infrastructure. You can find the list at https://floridaclimateinstitute.org/resources/faqs.