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Yale Climate Connections had an interesting story this week about how warmer ocean temperatures and more acidification are affecting folks who harvest clams along the Georgia coast. The producer interviewed in the radio story said that every time their production area closes, he loses three weeks of income waiting for things to clear up. He…
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The UGA Weather Network has 86 sites around Georgia. One of them is at Mixon Farms near Waycross. I was saddened to read this story in Vegetable and Specialty Crop News today. The storms that passed through southern Georgia last week dropped tornadoes and hail as they moved through the area. One of the storms…
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Yesterday I wrote about the possibility of colder temperatures over the next few days, leading to problems with germination for recently planted seeds. But I did not really know how that worked. Today I read a related article in the Southeast Farm Press which provides more details about how the cold soil temperatures affect the…
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(Short answer–probably not.) As part of this week’s special awareness week for the upcoming hurricane season, the State of Georgia Climate Office put together this graph showing the number of hurricanes which affected Georgia by decade. You can see when you look at it that over the last 50 years Georgia has experienced fewer hurricanes…
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It’s been quite warm in the Southeast for the last few days, but after one more hot day we are going to see a big cool-down in temperatures. We could see morning temperatures in the upper 30s down into Georgia and Alabama on Saturday morning. That means soil temperatures will also be cold for a…
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With all the rain we have had this year, and with the Atlantic tropical season just around the corner, it is a good time to think about flooding. You can purchase flood insurance for your home, no matter how near or far you are from a river, but you have to have it at least…
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Less than a month from now is the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30. Of course, the earth doesn’t follow a calendar so occasionally we have storms before the season begins. Nothing is brewing yet, but now is the time to get ready for the next…