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While most of us in the Southeast are focused on dealing with the reality that is Irma, producers in other parts of the US are dealing with their own disasters. I will discuss the impacts of Harvey tomorrow. Today I want to discuss the wildfires out west, which have covered a huge amount of territory.…
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I’m pleased to present a guest blog post from former NWS hydrologist John Feldt of Blue Water Outlook, discussing the impact of Hurricane Harvey on agriculture across the US. Tomorrow I will look at news reports on impacts of Harvey’s rainfall on agriculture across Texas. Past Rainfall Totals To date, rainfall associated with Harvey has…
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Here are some climate resources that might be helpful to teachers and 4-H agents from NOAA’s Climate.gov: National Climate Assessment resources at https://www.climate.gov/teaching/national-climate-assessment-resources-educators/2014-national-climate-assessment-resources Literacy on climate and energy at https://www.climate.gov/teaching/essential-principles-climate-literacy/about-clean-climate-literacy-and-energy-awareness
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Hurricane Andrew crossed the Florida peninsula just south of Miami 25 years ago and ripped up mangrove cover along the coastlines with its storm surge and extreme winds. According to a story this week in the Miami Herald, “Michael Ross, a landscape ecologist at Florida International University, has been visiting the same stand of mangroves…
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If you are affected by a disaster, you may find these resources from the USDA helpful in coping with the aftermath of the event. The USDA has published them as a list in conjunction with the unfolding Hurricane Harvey disaster but most of them (with the exception of the Texas-specific ones) would be applicable anywhere…
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NOAA released their latest global climate summary today for July 2017. Their analysis shows that for the earth as a whole, it was the 2nd warmest July on record just barely behind 2016 by 0.09 degrees F since records began in 1880. The total for the year to date from January to July was also…
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A New Jersey-sized area of the Gulf of Mexico has been declared a dead one this year, the largest ever observed in the region. This means that the nutrient load in the water is so high that algal blooms which feed on the nutrients have depleted all of the oxygen in the water, making it…