Events
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This is a reminder that there is just one week left to sign up for the workshop on “Building Agricultural Resilience to Hurricanes: Before, During, and After”. It will be held on November 15 in Gainesville, Florida. You can see the agenda, get housing information, and register here by October 26. Certainly a timely topic…
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If you are in the area that has been affected by Hurricane Michael and need advice about recovering from storm-related damage or ways to learn about post-disaster programs, you may want to consider attending this meeting in Tifton, GA on October 22. Presentations will include multiple USDA agencies and Southwest Georgia Farm Credit. They will speak…
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With all of the news about agricultural impacts from Gordon and Florence this year, extension agents and agricultural producers will surely be interested in this upcoming workshop on improving resilience on farms to extreme events like hurricanes. The workshop will be held in Gainesville FL on November 15. The workshop organizers are looking for your…
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Tonight we will officially begin astronomical fall (remember that climatological fall started on September 1). EarthSky.org has some information about the equinox here.
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Today is September 1, and that means that summer is over and fall has begun for those of us who study the climate! We won’t feel fall-like weather today in the Southeast but hey, maybe this IS fall for a lot of us. Must be fall if there is football, right? UPDATE: I started out…
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The South Central Climate Science Center is offering online classes this fall on climate science and how to manage for changing climate. The information is below. The first class starts on August 27 so sign up soon if you are interested. Other classes will start later this fall. Managing for a Changing Climate Fall Courses…
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Here are a couple of interesting stories I have seen lately discussing trees and forestry. Virginia Tech News posted a story about how researchers at Virginia Tech are using our knowledge about recent climate trends to predict the growth of loblolly pines through the middle of this century. This will be of benefit to foresters…