Climate and Ag in the news
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If you like to hear stories about citizen science and the weather, you will love this one. According to a recent story in The Conversation, 66,000 pieces of paper containing very old weather records in the United Kingdom were digitized by volunteers during the pandemic. The records were handwritten, mostly in cursive, which made them…
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A recent article from the National Science Foundation describes the result of a study on when new leaves appear on plants in spring by scientists at Ohio State University and published in Nature Climate Change. The study shows that while warmer temperatures are the primary cause of earlier leaf occurrence, the number of days of…
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In the Southeast, we get severe weather every month of the year, but the busiest season is spring, with a secondary maximum in late fall. This year, the La Nina has pushed the main jet stream to the north into the Ohio River Valley, which leaves the Southeast in an increased chance for warm moist…
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New research recently published by a group of over 200 scientists shows that crops in southern African could increase by up to 500% if grown with more climate-smart methods, including terracing, new crop varieties, and better use of water. This could be crucial for countries in that part of the world that are often devastated…
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The latest freeze on March 13 caused a lot of problems for fruit and vegetable growers in Georgia, as I described a couple of days ago. This story from Southeast Farm Press describes similar conditions in South Carolina. Of course, farmers are still assessing the damage, which varied quite a bit across the state. You…
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Here’s a story from back in December that discusses the advantages of combining solar farms with agriculture, which could include either crops or livestock, to produce multiple benefits, including shading and cooler temperatures for the livestock and cooler soils for the crops. Even though there is some shading, there is still plenty of light for…
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This week farmers and extension agents were hard at work across Georgia and other Southeastern states assessing the damage from the frost on Sunday, March 13. Here is a brief summary of the comments I have received from my colleagues and friends on what they have seen. Keep in mind that some frost damage, particularly…