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If you’ve been following the extreme heat in the Pacific Northwest, you won’t be surprised that farmers there are seeing a lot of adverse impacts on crops like fruit and forage. Here is one I did not consider, the impacts on their sweet Walla Walla onions, that are similar to our Vidalia onions here in…
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Do you like to listen to podcasts or online audio programs when you work or play? I am not a big user of podcasts, but I know many people who do. Here are a couple that I have listened to lately that you might enjoy. How Does Climate Change Impact Summer Weather? Features Dr. Chip…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office released their monthly climate summary for July 2021 today. You can read all about it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2021/08/amid-a-subdued-summer-elsa-adds-more-rain-in-july/.
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After a couple of hot days, the beginning of August is expected to be cooler and wetter than normal, especially across the southern half of Georgia, as a nearly stationary front is expected to sit over the area for a lot of the week. This means lower temperatures, especially during the day, less solar radiation,…
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The latest monthly outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows that wetter than normal conditions are likely to continue in August for all of the Southeast except the southern half of Florida. Temperature is mostly equal chances of near, above or below normal except for slight leans towards warmer than normal in southern Florida and…
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Are you tired of reading stories about how hot it is, how hot it was, and how hot it’s going to be? You might enjoy this counter-programming story from Reuters about how a recent cold outbreak in Brazil (remember, parts of Brazil are in the Southern Hemisphere and are in winter right now) brought snow…
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In addition to my frequent posts on this blog (over 6,000 since it started in 2014!), I also post once a month on The Garden Professors blog, which tackles questions about the science of gardening. Most of the articles (written by better plant scientists than me) are about mulching with arborist chips and whether using…