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If you follow astronomy, you know that a big event is happening in the sky this month. Jupiter and Saturn are appearing to get closer and closer in the sky. They will be at their closest on December 21, when they will be right next to each other. But you can already see them pretty…
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If you missed attending the Alabama Row Crops Short Course this year, all talks were recorded and are now available. You can check them out at https://cses.auburn.edu/2020-alabama-row-crops-short-course/.
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The combination of a strong La Niña and a long-term trend towards warmer temperatures means that Florida could see warm and dry conditions over the winter and an increased chance of fires next spring, according to a recent article in Florida Today. April is usually when fires are most common, and this coming year could…
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According to a recent article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “In the spring of 2017, a boldly subtitled book became a national bestseller. “Drawdown,” wrote the authors, was “the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming.” The book has influenced communities, curriculum and conversations about climate change.” The Ray C. Anderson Foundation was inspired…
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You might be interested in this 4-minute video featuring Deke Arndt of the National Centers for Environmental Information on the Weather Underground Facebook page. In it, he discusses how the seasons are warming across the US. In the Southeast, winter is the season that is warming the most, and is also getting drier. In the…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that there will be rain over this weekend lingering into mid-week in Alabama, Georgia, and along the Appalachians, but the Florida peninsula and the coastal plains of Georgia and South Carolina will be mostly missed, adding to their abnormally dry conditions. By the end of the week, dry conditions…
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Scientists who study western wildfires have discovered that multi-year droughts and wet periods can have bad impacts on the forests’ ability to renew themselves after a fire. Drought years were particularly hard on the forests’ ability to grow new seedlings. You can read more at Physics Today here.