Climate and Ag in the news
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Today is the first day of astronomical fall, as we cross the ecliptic and start to see days that are shorter than 12 hours due to the tilt of the earth’s North Pole away from the sun. And even though it’s felt like summer for most of the month, the cold front that went through…
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After a very dry June followed by a rainy and cloudy July and August producers are happy to see sunny skies and no rain to help prepare their crops for harvest. Cotton and other crops have been hampered by the lack of sunshine which has delayed crop development and the wet, humid conditions have caused…
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The weather last winter gave peach growers frustrating conditions in Georgia and Alabama. A cold November 2021 brought plenty of chill hours to the Southeast. Then an early warm-up caused the early blooming varieties of fruit trees to flower earlier than usual. But temperatures down to the 20s on March 13 caused significant loss of…
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Outside magazine posted an interesting story this week about recent observations of spruce trees found by scientists studying the Arctic tundra. These trees are growing in a spot that has not seen trees for the last 20,000 years. This is interesting but also concerning because it shows that the climate even in this space inhospitable…
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For the last week, we have been watching the development of Tropical Storm Fiona as it moved towards the Southeast from the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean. Today, Fiona became a hurricane just shortly before it made landfall near the southwestern tip of Puerto Rico. Impacts from Fiona on PR have been tremendous, and…
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If you love watching the clouds, today is your day! According to their website, “This year, for the first time, the Cloud Appreciation Society is launching Cloud Appreciation Day on Friday September 16th. This will be an internationally recognized day when people around the world are encouraged to spend a few moments appreciating the beauty…
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Fog is at atmospheric phenomenon that occurs many places, including here in the Southeast, but for some places like San Francisco, fog is a necessary part of the ambiance of the environment as well as an important source for moisture during the dry season. But fog is becoming less frequent in the coastal areas of…