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As the earth gets warmer, the water cycle is getting amped up, with both more droughts and more floods. On the wet side of that swing, the statistics of flooding events is showing a trend towards more extreme values. This is important because a lot of our infrastructure, including how roads, dams, and sewers are…
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Please join us for an upcoming webinar on: “Equity and Justice in a Changing Climate in Georgia” on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021, from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST. To register, visit https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SoW5JXYoSFWIIsoef_XjrQ Against the backdrop of a multi-generational legacy of racial injustice, climate change disproportionately impacts environmental justice communities in Georgia. Building climate resilience and reducing emissions…
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While we pay attention to drought here in the US, it is also occurring in other places. One of the worst hit countries this year has been Taiwan, where some reservoirs hold only 7 percent of their usual capacity due to lack of rain from typhoons and the typical rainy season. This has caused the…
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In just a few minutes, a hail storm can reduce a beautiful crop to shredded greenery, destroying whatever yield it might have had or seriously reducing it. But some hail damage only slows the crop down and much of the initial loss can be recouped by later growth. Farm Progress this week described some research…
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We are just a few days past the middle of April, and the maps for the month to date show that many parts of the Southeast are warmer and drier than normal, especially in southeastern Georgia and into South and North Carolina. Some areas have only received about five percent of their expected rainfall this…
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As soon as 2020 ended, people started asking when the new normals would be released. They are updated every ten years and cover the latest 30-year period, which represents the current average climate. The newest normals for 1991-2020 will be released by NOAA in a few weeks, and are expected to reflect the rising temperatures…
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With the end of the West Coast wet season drawing to a close, it appears that areas west of the Rockies are likely to see the drought that is already established there get worse. Drought conditions east of the Rockies are also likely to spread and strengthen, leading to poor conditions for agriculture in the…