Climate and Ag in the news
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Outside magazine posted an interesting story about how winemakers in regions like Napa Valley are dealing with more extreme weather and warmer temperatures in their production of wines. Adaptations like choosing new varieties or hybrids, changing the orientation of the rows to provide shade from the hot summer sun, and growing vines closer to the…
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Today NOAA released a set of new climate summaries for each state. Here is what their new website says: The State Climate Summaries spell out recent local conditions for each state and provide insights about the state’s climate outlook based on historical trends. Climate is distinguished from daily weather because climate reflects a longer period…
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If you weren’t too distracted by the winter weather this weekend, you might have noticed that there was a big underwater volcanic eruption yesterday near Tonga in the South Pacific. My feeds have been flooded by satellite loops of the eruption, and one of the coolest things you can see in some of the loops…
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Those of you who are interested in weather history might be interested in this blog post from STM Weather on the Children’s Blizzard of January 12, 1888. While is is not a Southeastern weather event, it is a tragic reminder of how fast the weather can change and the terrible consequences of not being prepared.…
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The Southern Group of State Foresters posted an interesting perspective on our forests, including the challenges they face from urbanization, climate changes, and market drivers. They also provide solutions to counter the challenges they are facing. While I find their commentary to push wood products and commercial forestry a bit (not surprising), they do provide…
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There have been a lot of changes in how we work, shop, and travel since the pandemic started to shut things down in March 2020, almost two years ago. You might wonder whether some of these changes have affected the atmosphere and the weather. Here is an interesting story I saw today about a recent…
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I am a chapter author for the Southeast chapter of the upcoming 5th National Climate Assessment. We are now taking public comments on the chapter outlines. I encourage you to view the outlines for the Southeast chapter as well as the Agriculture chapter and any others that may be related to your work and submit…