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  • Canadian farmers are adapting to new climate

    Pam Knox

    October 28, 2020

    Canadian farmers deal with a lot of variable and sometimes harsh weather conditions. Over time, they are being challenged in new ways as the climate gets warmer but also more variable in rainfall. At the same time, they have to deal with big cold outbreaks like the ones they have seen this week. The farmers…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
  • How Climate Change Is Making the Alps More Dangerous

    Pam Knox

    October 28, 2020

    If you enjoy hiking in the mountains or just watching mountain scenery, you should be concerned about the changes that are occurring in mountainous areas across the world. This story from Outside magazine discusses how the loss of ice is making the high mountains much more treacherous because the ice that used to hold the…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science
  • Zeta expected to strengthen back to hurricane force, accelerate NE over the Southeast

    Pam Knox

    October 27, 2020

    Zeta weakened today as it passed over the Yucatan, but it is expected to strengthen back to hurricane force before making landfall somewhere between New Orleans and Mobile sometime on Wednesday afternoon or evening. After landfall it will accelerate to the northeast–by the time it is over northern GA it will be moving at 30…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks, Tropical weather
  • Agricultural acres down significantly over last 100 years

    Pam Knox

    October 27, 2020

    According to Vegetable and Specialty Crop News, “Agricultural acres have dropped dramatically over the last 100 years throughout the Southeast. According to stacker.com, Georgia and Alabama were two of the top four states to see their farm land decrease the most.” The loss has come as farmlands have shifted to new housing developments as well as…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news
  • N.C. Pecan Growers Expect Plentiful Crop

    Pam Knox

    October 27, 2020

    This year’s crop of pecans has been very bountiful and the trees have been loaded with nuts. With such an active tropical season, producers have been concerned about the possibility of losing a large portion of those nuts as well as seeing damage to trees from tropical winds, as happened with Irma and Michael in…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Fruit
  • What is a Predecessor Rain Event (PRE)?

    Pam Knox

    October 26, 2020

    Over time, scientists have noticed that some hurricanes and tropical systems generate areas of heavy rain far ahead of the main storm system. These events are called Predecessor Rain Events (PREs) because they generally occur about 36 hours ahead of the main storm passage and as much as 600 miles poleward of the storm center.…

    Posted in: Climate science
  • Zeta will impact the Southeast Tuesday through Thursday

    Pam Knox

    October 26, 2020

    Hurricane Zeta formed today and is headed towards the Yucatan peninsula, where it is expected to make landfall south of Cancun before moving NE into the Gulf of Mexico. It will move north and then northeast as it approaches the northern Gulf Coast on Wednesday afternoon. It is not clear if it will be a…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks, Tropical weather
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The “Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast” blog is provided by the Associate Dean of Extension as a service to Extension agents and agricultural producers across the Southeast US. Come here to find out information about the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture across Georgia and beyond.

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