Climate and Ag in the news
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I bet most of you have heard from climate skeptics that the Dust Bowl was hot as if this somehow proves that climate change is not happening. My UGA colleague Dr. Marshall Shepherd wrote a good blog post about this earlier this week. This is his response to that argument: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2022/06/20/the-dust-bowl-thenclimate-change-now-argument-deconstructed/?sh=474b276d90c4
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You might remember last spring that we had accumulated enough chill hours early in the winter that fruit trees and bushes were ready to bloom as soon as a warm spell came. And then a couple of late frosts destroyed a significant number of the blooms and young fruit after they flowered. The effects of…
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Today is the 25th anniversary of the infamous Fort Collins flash flood, which was the impetus for starting CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network). Fort Collins has a semi-arid climate, but rare tropical downpours lingered over the city during the beginning of the annual monsoon season, bringing nearly 15″ of rain in just…
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Here is an interesting story from Crosscut describing how libraries are becoming centers of shelter for people in communities faced with extreme weather conditions. Many of the libraries are not designed for this usage, and librarians are not trained to deal with the influx of people that may need respite from extreme heat, cold, or…
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Today a new website dedicated to providing resources for dealing with extreme heat was introduced. It is Heat.gov and is a product of the National Integrated Heat Health Information System. I have not heard of this initiative before, but it seems to be similar to the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) that I work…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office is finishing up a series of blog posts that describe various aspects of their coastal areas, including one on coasts and agriculture. You can find them all, including the final one published on Thursday July 21, at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/category/climateblog/.
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As you probably know, the multi-year drought in the Southwestern U. S. has had profound negative consequences for farmers there. The folks who control water supplies are making cuts to irrigation water that are decreasing or stopping water deliveries to some farmers, leaving them with no irrigation for their crops. The scarce water has to…