Uncategorized
-
The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their climate summary for May 2015. You can find it at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=135&h=5666e5c1.
-
The very wet April followed by the very dry May have caused a variety of agricultural impacts in the Southeast. Here is a sampling of what I have seen in news stories. The Southeast Farm Press noted that the dry conditions in early May came at a bad time for pre-applied herbicides to activate. Weeds…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops, Drought, Extension agent outreach, Livestock, Uncategorized -
A heat wave in southeast India has caused the deaths of over 1,100 people over the last week. India recorded its highest maximum temperature of 47 degrees Celsius — 117 degrees Fahrenheit — at Angul in the state of Odisha on Monday, according to B.P. Yadav, director of the India Meteorological Department. The extreme high…
-
May 2015 is half over and it is time to see how the monthly climate is doing so far. The maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center below show that for the region as a whole, temperatures are running about 1.5 degrees above the 1981-2010 normal, while the precipitation is much below normal and…
-
I’ve seen several interesting stories about changes in forests over time and how climate is impacted by those changes. Here are a few that I thought were particularly interesting. Nature posted a long news article back in 2014 that I just ran across about how deforestation of the tropical rainforests is changing the local climate…
-
The Washington Post published an article this week discussing the impacts of the continuing Western drought on power production (link). Hydropower capacity at Hoover Dam has dropped by almost 25 percent since 2000. In California, where the drought is worse, hydropower has dropped 60 percent in the last four years. Generation of electricity by hydropower…
-
Water availability has always been a key factor in determining where people live and what they grow. As populations grow and temperature patterns change, demand for water for both drinking and agriculture is expected to grow. Here are some stories related to this topic I’ve seen over the last few weeks which point out…