Climate and Ag in the news
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Smart farming requires the use of both weather observations and other tools for managing farm conditions. Here is a recent blog post by my UGA colleagues Simerjeet Virk and Matt Tucker describing different management software programs that can be used to manage your farms effectively. They allow the organization of different observations on soil type, crop condition,…
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UPDATE: The latest forecast shows that the chance of a big Thankgiving storm has largely gone away, leaving fairly tranquil weather across most of the country. Good news! If you are traveling for Thanksgiving, especially to the Midwest or Northeast, you might want to watch the weather forecasts carefully. While it is still too early…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office has posted a new blog entry on some of their last big snow events. The last few winters have been lacking in significant snow events there and they are looking back to some of the last big snow events they have had in the state. You can read more…
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Growing Produce posted this story by John R. Clark earlier this week discussing the weather this past winter in the Southeast and its impacts on blackberries. While he found that the freeze in February did not do as much damage to the canes as he feared, the late frost in April in North Carolina hit…
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Yale Climate Connections has an interesting story about how a proposed mine in the vicinity of the Okefenokee Swamp may affect climate by changing the water supply in the area. This could lead to drying of the soil, releasing greenhouse gases like methane to the atmosphere. This is especially true if wildfires burn the dried-out…
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It’s the time of year when frost starts to affect large parts of the Southeast. One of the interesting phenomena that can occur in these chilly conditions are something called “frost flowers”. Basically, they are formed by thin ribbons of moisture freezing in the soil and being extruded upward into the air, resulting in fragile…
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In addition to weather, I am also interested in astronomy and am somewhat excited to note that there will be a nearly total (97%) lunar eclipse on the night of November 18-19 that should be visible across North America. Here in the Southeast, I don’t think we will have many clouds so you should be…