Tools for climate and agriculture
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Have you ever planned an event or meeting and then worried about the impact of weather on whether or not you might have to cancel it? I’ve had to cancel workshops at the last minute due to ice storms in the past, and it is always tough to make the call in enough time to…
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I’m meeting today with other scientists on the Animal Agriculture and Climate Change research project that helps fund this blog. One of the topics for discussion was the AACC resources page at https://animalagclimatechange.org/resources/. This page now has a search capability which allows you to look for resources related to specific species, climate topics, mitigation and…
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Even though the El Niño is still growing towards a new record, climatologists and farmers are starting to look ahead to what the end of El Niño means for production next year. The El Niño is expected to wane starting in spring. In some years it moves to the opposite pattern, called La Niña, and…
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Here in Athens GA, it has rained every day so far this November. It is raining now as I write this. That makes seven days in a row with measurable rainfall. My mushrooms are doing great! I’ve been asked more than once how unusual this is. To answer this question, the easiest source of information…
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I got a phone call today from a peach producer here in Georgia who was wondering why the chill hours this year are so low compared to previous years. For example, near my office in Watkinsville GA we have only received 28 chill hours from October 1 through yesterday compared to 79 in 2014, 62…
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In my series on sources of climate data I mentioned the regional climate centers as a great source of information both for specific regions and for national perspectives. The Midwestern Regional Climate Center has a couple of new products that you might be interested in. One feature that has many national aspects is their new…
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The USGS has a nice tool for calculating the total amount of rain that fell in a storm. You can find it at their Water School site at https://water.usgs.gov/edu/activity-howmuchrain.html. Based on this tool, it has been estimated that the amount of rain that fell in the South Carolina flood was 11 trillion gallons of water, according…
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