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AgWeb published a story today on new temperature trend maps that were recently produced by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). These maps show long-term temperature trends for each state for 1895 to the present. You can look at both average temperature and maximum and minimum temperature separately. The graphs are also divided into seasonal…
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Two stories in the news this week highlight potential advantages growers have in choosing a crop that not only matches the local climate but also takes advantage of market potential. The Modern Farmer released a story this week which described the growing peony crop in Alaska. This hardy plant can survive temperatures up to 60…
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Dr. Marshall Shepherd was one of the speakers at our recent SRECA conference in Athens, GA. He is also the host of WxGeeks on The Weather Channel and the head of the atmospheric sciences program and a geography professor at the University of Georgia. Dr. Shepherd recently posted a blog entry which discusses some common…
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Yesterday the South Carolina Drought Response Committee official declared nine counties covering the Edisto basin in incipient drought, the lowest of four levels. This is the first drought declaration in the state since April 2013. You can read more about this at TheState.com.
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If you are interested in reading about agriculture and climate in the Pacific Northwest, you might like to visit the website for that region. You can find it at https://agclimate.net/. Lots of interesting stories on the impact of climate on agriculture in that productive part of the country!
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If you’ve been paying attention to the current tropical season, you know that the west coast has been plagued by heavy rains from the remnants of tropical storms. First Hurricane Norbert, and now Hurricane Odile have sent plumes of moisture into the desert Southwest, leading to unprecedented flooding and the possibility of many additional rainfall…
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The Climate News Network produced an article this week describing how the recent unprecedented drought in Brazil has highlighted the importance of the Amazon rainforest in the regional water budget. The rainforest is being chopped down in many areas, in many cases to grow soybeans and other agricultural crops as well as for lumber. Ironically,…
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