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  • Webinar: What does a changing climate mean for Georgians’ health?

    Pam Knox

    October 23, 2020

    The next webinar to be offered by the Georgia Climate Project is coming up on Wednesday, October 28, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm ET. You can find more information below. To register, visit https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aM8nsHoTRTuuay1UqDBJZQ. 

    Posted in: Climate science, Events, Health
  • Sediment research reveals historic Atlantic surface temperatures

    Pam Knox

    October 23, 2020

    In the latest paleoclimate research published this week, climate scientists have been able to use a new source of proxy data to lengthen the known length of the Atlantic sea surface temperature from 100 years to 2,900 years using lake sediments from Sawtooth Lake in the Canadian High Arctic. The research shows that the last…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science
  • How to Read a Surface Weather Map

    Pam Knox

    October 23, 2020

    There are a lot of different ways to get current weather information. One of the best ways to see weather patterns over space is to use a surface weather map to see what is happening in the atmosphere around you. Outside magazine provides a useful description of surface weather maps and how to read the…

    Posted in: Climate science, Sources of weather and climate data
  • Climate trends across the US

    Pam Knox

    October 22, 2020

    Are you interested in seeing how climate is changing across the US over time? This came up for discussion on a listserve that I follow today. Here is a good description of an NCEI product that produces maps of trends over time for the lower 48 states: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/duct-tape-and-seesaws-climate-trends-101. You can also go directly to the…

    Posted in: Sources of weather and climate data, Tools for climate and agriculture
  • Abnormally dry conditions expand from Georgia into South Carolina

    Pam Knox

    October 22, 2020

    The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the area of abnormally dry conditions in eastern Georgia has expanded all the way into South Carolina, leading to a small regional increase. Dry conditions in Alabama and Puerto Rico remain unchanged. Other parts of the region have no dry conditions this week.

    Posted in: Drought
  • Worsening hurricane season threatens billions of chickens

    Pam Knox

    October 21, 2020

    When you see a headline like this, you just have to stop, don’t you? This is from Morning Ag Clips, which discusses the potential for harm to the poultry industry as hurricanes become stronger, wetter, and potentially more frequent (although the research on this is not clear). While most poultry houses are not built near…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Livestock, Tropical weather
  • Earth Without Oxygen

    Pam Knox

    October 21, 2020

    Modern life on earth depends on the presence of oxygen in the atmosphere. Now it is about 21 percent of the atmosphere, following nitrogen, which is the most plentiful gas. But there was a time in earth’s history when there was very little oxygen in the atmosphere. How did we get the current oxygen-rich atmosphere…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science, History
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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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