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Georgia FACES recently published a story which is based on a talk given by Carrie Furman and me to the annual meeting of Georgia Organics. You can find the link here. In the talk we discussed current trends in temperature, precipitation and other climate variables and their impact on crops, including an increase in the…
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You can read national highlights of April weather at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2014/4. The National Climatic Data Center produces an update of climate conditions around the country each month.
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The US Geological Survey has a new interactive web site which shows model projections of climate in the US compared to present conditions at https://www.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/clu_rd/apps/nccv_viewer.asp. This site allows you to look at projections of climate in 2050-2074 compared to the present for a variety of models, regions and months across the US. It focuses on…
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If you are interested in looking at short “on-the-ground” articles about crop conditions in southwest Georgia, you might want to visit Rome Ethredge’s blog, Seminole Crop News. He has a lot of interesting and timely observations on agriculture in Seminole County and surrounding areas, including the impacts of climate on pests and crop conditions. If…
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The warm pool of water in the equatorial Pacific Ocean continues to move eastward, increasing chances for an El Nino to develop later this summer into fall. In winter, El Nino causes wet and cool conditions in south Georgia as the subtropical jet stream shifts right over the state, bringing clouds and plentiful precipitation with…
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The Southeast Climate Consortium (SECC) is a group of scientists from eight major universities in the Southeast who are working together to study the impacts of climate variability and change on the Southeast, with a special emphasis on agriculture. They are holding their spring Program Review meeting this week in Tallahassee to share results of…
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There has been quite a bit of press on the impacts of climate on crops around the Southeast in the press lately. Here are some of the stories I’ve seen. 1. Heavy Rains Delaying Crop Planting—Growing Georgia–May 1 Heavy rains across the Southeast have caused a lot of problems for farmers trying to get fields…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news