Events
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I am proud to be a scientist. I know many of you are too, or if you are not one yourself, you work with one or your child is one. We work hard to make life better for our clients, our community, our animals, and the Earth. I will be marching in my local March…
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I will be celebrating Easter with my family tomorrow so no blog post until Monday. Hope you have a wonderful weekend with family and friends!
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Project VORTEX studied tornadoes in the Southeast last year after several previous projects looked at tornadoes in the central part of the United States. They started a second year of research on March 8 and it will go until May 8. So on severe weather days you may see convoys of radar trucks and chase…
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Growing Georgia published a note from University of Georgia scientists this morning asking for help from the public in doing research on dogwoods. You can read it here. You can help by downloading an app to your smartphone which will help you and the scientists document the blooming times for dogwood around the Southeast. Citizen…
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I am doing a Zoom session online on Tuesday morning March 21 at 11 am EDT for Georgia extension agents, but am happy to welcome anyone else who might be interested. I will look back briefly at 2016 and the winter and then talk about the outlook for 2017, including the prospects for an El…
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Agriculture is Georgia’s number one business. This week we are celebrating Georgia agriculture and our farmers who feed and clothe us. You can read fun facts about Georgia agriculture and learn more about it at https://feedmyschool.org/FMS/AG_Awareness_Week_Ag_facts.
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Monday March 20 marks the beginning of astronomical spring for the Northern Hemisphere. Remember that for climatologists, spring begins on March 1, so we are already three weeks into spring from a weather standpoint! You can read more about the vernal equinox at EarthSky here.