Climate and Ag in the news
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You’ve probably seen many pictures of the devastation caused by the tornadoes that hit the Arkansas, Illinois, and Kentucky areas a few days ago. What you might not know is that the tornado that hit Mayfield, KY, also destroyed an Extension research farm near there. Fortunately, no one was in the building that night and…
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A recent article from UGA Extension discusses the 2021 pecan crop and how the weather adversely affected this year’s production. It includes the effect of the cold spring on pollination, wet conditions on the development of scab, and the cloudy conditions, especially late in the season, keeping the nuts from filling properly. You can read…
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The Georgia Flood Literacy Project is a project designed to help standardize terminology related to floods in the environmental, governmental, and academic sectors by establishing common flood terminology in order to facilitate clear communication and outreach. Terms related to flood hazards are being used inconsistently and interchangeably among professionals and the general public. Some flood terms are…
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UGA’s Dr. Marshall Shepherd of the Atmospheric Sciences program wrote an article for Forbes.com about the deadly tornadoes that occurred overnight in Kentucky and surrounding states that may be useful for us here in the Southeast as well. His main points: 1) Tornadoes are often deadlier at night because people are not paying attention and…
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The Garden Professors blog has two interesting and related posts describing how cold-hardy plants can survive temperatures well below freezing. If you are a gardener or farmer, you might be interested in reading about this. The two posts are listed below: Part 1: The mechanics of how plants survive cold temperatures https://gardenprofessors.com/a-gardeners-primer-to-cold-hardiness-part-1/ Part 2: How…
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From a weather standpoint, it’s not beginning to look a lot like Christmas (at least not the wintry weather I grew up with in Michigan), but it’s just two weeks from Christmas so don’t wait to do your shopping. If you have someone in your life who loves the weather and you want to buy…
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Is there a long-term trend in hurricanes? In the past, scientists have thought that there was a 30-year cycle in hurricane numbers, but more recent studies have shown a trend in Atlantic hurricanes that is increasing over time. Interestingly, this trend does not appear in records for other basins. Here is a new study published…