Events
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Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Community Webinar Series Recent Research Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions This webinar will discuss research projects focused on reducing greenhouse gases, odorous volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide. Mindy Spiehs will provide insight on anabolic steroid and ionophore usage in beef cattle production, and Baitong Chen…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina announced this week that they are welcoming a new director who will also serve as the State Climatologist. Kathie Dello comes to the Southeast from Oregon, where she was the Associate Director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and Deputy Director of the Oregon Climate Service, the…
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With the Atlantic already heating up and the first tropical wave seen moving near the Southeast, it is time to get serious about preparing for the next hurricane season. It starts officially on June 1, but we often see some activity before then, so now is the time! This coming week is National Hurricane Preparedness…
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Do you have trouble understanding how to interpret the monthly climate outlooks put out by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center? Then this webinar is for you! On Monday, April 22, there will be a webinar at 2-3 pm EDT (1-2 PM CDT) on how to read these maps and interpret the results. You can register for…
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I am proud to be a member of the UGA Atmospheric Sciences community. Ten years ago on April 17, 2009, a UGA atmospheric sciences student named Matt Daniel created AthensGaWeather on social media to give weather updates for northeastern Georgia, including Athens, because their was no local weather broadcast for Athens. Less than one year…
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It’s spring, and so it is no surprise that we are expecting severe weather this week ahead of a strong cold front. The analysis from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center indicates that it could be fairly widespread across Alabama and Georgia in a swatch that will move from west to east from Saturday through Sunday. If…
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The UGA Department of Poultry Science is hosting a workshop on April 15-17 which discusses how to keep chickens cool in hot weather. Last year over 140 people from 11 countries attended to learn the basics of chicken house ventilation and other methods to keep the flocks comfortable. You can read more at https://www.morningagclips.com/uga-department-of-poultry-science-hosts-hot-weather-management-workshop/.
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