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One of the questions I am often asked is how much agriculture contributes to the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It’s a difficult question because you need to keep track of a lot of different things, like how land is used, what kinds of chemicals are used, what management methods are in place,…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a big expansion in abnormally dry conditions (D0) in Georgia and South Carolina, with smaller increases in Alabama and North Carolina. The moderate (D1) drought in South Florida decreased slightly and dry conditions were reduced there due to the rain along the stalled front in northern FL…
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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…
Posted in: Climate summaries