With temperatures rising and extreme heat becoming more common, outdoor workers are feeling the brunt of the worsening conditions more than those who can work inside in air conditioning. Heat stress puts a big toll on farm workers and other outdoor jobholders. Seasonal shifts in where crops grow can lead…
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If you missed the webinar from the Georgia Climate Project earlier this week, the video is now available on YouTube here. It covers how trends in Georgia’s recent climate are expected to affect the health of folks in Georgia as well as surrounding areas, including impacts of heat, insect-carried diseases,…
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Update: Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz4y4Dgrtyc. This week, the Georgia Climate Project hosted a webinar on the relationship between changing climate and health impacts. They should be posting a link to a recording in a couple of weeks, and when they do, I will post it on the blog. In the…
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The next webinar to be offered by the Georgia Climate Project is coming up on Wednesday, October 28, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm ET. You can find more information below. To register, visit https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aM8nsHoTRTuuay1UqDBJZQ.
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While all of us are watching the progress of Hurricane Sally carefully and considering how much rain it might drop, here is some advice from Farm Press about the rise in heat-related illnesses after a major disaster in the South when power is out for long time periods. Lack of…
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After a too-close call with heat exhaustion with one of our fine UGA extension specialists yesterday (they shall remain nameless–fortunately recovered), it seems like a good time to remind you that high temperatures and high humidity do not do good things to the human body (or livestock, for that matter)….
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With an active hurricane season predicted this year, you might be wondering how employees at the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service are coping with the pandemic and how they are working differently this year. CNN has a story which describes both the changes in how the forecasters do…
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