Climate and Ag in the news
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December 1st marks the beginning of winter according to climatologists and meteorologists. It was originally done by whole months because it was easier to do the statistical calculations by hand if entire months were used rather than the changing dates of the astronomical seasons, but it turns out that climatological seasons match better with the…
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If you have ever watched The Wizard of Oz, you will probably remember the surprisingly lifelike tornado that occurs near the beginning of the movie, transporting Dorothy and Toto to Oz. In the days before computer generated imagery was available, the filmmakers had to use some visual tricks to make the tornado so lifelike. Weather.com…
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One of the questions I often get asked about the warming climate is how it will affect our ability to grow blueberries in the future, since blueberries and other fruit like peaches require a period of cold conditions in the winter to set a good crop for the following growing season. According to this article…
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Did you know that fall is a period of enhanced severe weather in the Southeast? While the main season occurs in spring, we get a second active season in the fall when the jet stream moves from northern parts of the country back to the central and southern latitudes, bringing energy and wind shear that…
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I received word from the NWS office in Peachtree City today that they are discontinuing their seasonal frost/freeze warnings since they have reached the average date of the end of the growing season as they usually do. Of course, this year most of the region has not yet received a freeze, but that is likely…
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With the impending arrival of La Nina (see related post today), farmers can start to make some educated guesses about what the winter weather conditions are likely to be. My colleague Bob Kemerait of the University of Georgia wrote an article for Southeast Farm Press describing the likely effects of a warmer and drier than…
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I know there are some folks who love to fish who read this blog. They may be interested in this recent story from Garden&Gun discussing the impacts of Helene’s floods on the brook trout and other aquatic life in the streams that were so devastated by the intense rainfall. While it is too early to…
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