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The online course on animal agriculture and climate change that was produced by one of our supporting grants is now available for free as a self-study course at the link below: https://www.extension.org/pages/73079/climate-change-and-animal-agriculture-self-study-topics#.VikF7NKrS71 You can learn more about the course at https://animalagclimatechange.org/free-online-course/. Each module can be taken individually. The list of topics covered is below. WEATHER…
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This week’s Drought Monitor shows a small area of severe drought (D2) returning to the south coast of Alabama after continuing dry conditions there. Moderate drought also expanded across the state last week. Rainfall is expected to return to the area in the next seven days, which may help alleviate the dry conditions.
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If you like to watch satellite loops of interesting weather, you will enjoy the submissions for the CIMSS (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies) for their 40th anniversary celebration. You can see them all at https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes_40th/contest/results.html.
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In recent climate news all of the attention has been on the upcoming winter and what to expect from El Niño. Most predictions show that we should start the growing season with plenty of soil moisture, and perhaps so much that field work is delayed in spring. But many farmers are also wondering what the…
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In the past few weeks climate scientists have been watching with concern the persistent “blob” of colder than normal water that is located in the North Atlantic Ocean. This area of the ocean is well sampled by buoys, ships and satellites so there is a high degree of confidence that this area is indeed experiencing…
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I rely on reports from extension agents around the Southeast to help me understand how climate is impacting agricultural conditions “on the ground”. One of the blogs that I find most useful is the Seminole Crop E News by Rome Ethredge down in the southwest part of Georgia. Rome is approaching retirement, and Allison Floyd…
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As you can imagine, there are many articles about the South Carolina flood event. The rainfall is now winding down but the flood impacts will occur for a week or more as all of the water moves down the streams through the system. And of course the wet soils will remain for a lot longer.…