Events
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Today marks the winter solstice, when we experience the shortest day of the year. This is because of the tilt of the earth’s axis of rotation relative to our orbit around the sun. So if you celebrate the winter astronomically, then today is the first day of winter. If you are a climatologist like me,…
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Today is December 1, and that means that climatological fall is over and climatological winter has begun. So happy winter everyone, and for those of us who like warm weather, may it be short and sweet! But I hope for enough cold weather to make sure the peaches and blueberries get their needed chill hours…
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The Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessment group is hosting a webinar on Thursday, November 29 at 12 noon EST to discuss the recently released National Climate Assessment report and what it says about changes in climate in the Southeast. You can register for the webinar at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C4am8ZwUS0GVZ84FVXk4kw. It will also be recorded for later viewing…
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If you were busy last Friday shopping for Black Friday deals, you missed the release of the 4th National Climate Assessment (Part II), one of the biggest science news stories of the year. This report, which is mandated by Congress and released by the White House every four years, shows that the scientific evidence for…
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Now that many parts of northern and central Georgia have experienced frost and we have reached November 20, the climatological median date for a freeze in the region, the National Weather Service notes that they are no longer issuing frost/freeze warnings for their forecast area. The idea is that this time of year most plants…
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A short course on row crop agriculture will be taught by Alabama Extension folk on December 13 and 14 in Auburn AL. You can get CEUs and Pesticide credits for attending. Hotel rooms must be reserved by November 30. You can read more at https://news.aces.edu/blog/2018/11/12/alabama-row-crops-short-course-set-for-dec-13-14/, where you will also find a link to registration.
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The Southeast Farm Press noted today that there will be a meeting for Georgia landowners who lost timber from the high winds of Hurricane Michael. The meeting is hosted by the Georgia Forestry Commission. GFC and personnel from the Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Services, and University of Georgia Cooperative Extension will discuss how landowners…