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As a climatologist, I am always trying to understand more about how climate impacts other aspects of the economy, and especially how it affects agriculture. So I found this article on how the weather affects the ability of corn to pollinate to be fascinating, because I learned more about how the process works. Sometimes even…
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Today’s Drought Monitor shows that all of the lingering drought has been removed from the Southeast, although there are still a few small areas where residual abnormally dry conditions still exist. But large parts of the western US are in bad drought conditions. Where can you go to get more drought information? The National Integrated…
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As I write this at 9:48 pm on the 26th, Major Hurricane Laura is just a few hours from making landfall as expected near Lake Charles LA and the border with Texas. It is just shy of a category 5 storm and could reach that before it makes landfall. In size and intensity, Laura is…
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With all of the thunderstorm activity we have been having, many people have noted the high frequency of lightning. But there are a lot of misconceptions about lightning that may make people’s behavior in thunderstorms more hazardous. EarthSky presents five myths about lightning and why they are false here.
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After a too-close call with heat exhaustion with one of our fine UGA extension specialists yesterday (they shall remain nameless–fortunately recovered), it seems like a good time to remind you that high temperatures and high humidity do not do good things to the human body (or livestock, for that matter). This has been a brutal…
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Late Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning Hurricane Laura is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane somewhere near the Texas-Louisiana border. The models still show some variation in path, and it could got a little farther west to Galveston-Houston, so the barrier islands there are being evacuated as a precaution along with many…
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You already know about the damage caused by the incredible derecho that blew across the Corn Belt a couple of weeks ago. Now farmers are trying to decide what to do with their storm-damaged crops. Some were completely destroyed, but others may be salvageable for silage or even for grain if they were not too…