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Along with the dry conditions we are going into a period of warmer than normal temperatures. Here in Athens temperatures the next few days are supposed to be in the upper 80s, with more warm weather on the way (although we may get a mid-week break). If you are spending time outside, now is a…
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The dry conditions we have experienced over the last couple of weeks is starting to put stress on some crops. According to a recent article in Southeast AgNet, while crop demands for water are lower earlier in the plants’ life cycles, they still do require water to develop. Producers are encouraged to irrigate to make…
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For those of you who missed the monthly climate webinar for the Southeast and would like to watch it now, you can view a video of the webinar at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JscdzjwyDU&feature=youtu.be .
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This week’s Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows an expansion of severe drought in the southern counties of Alabama and the development of moderate drought in adjacent Florida Panhandle counties. The drought in southern Florida did not change much as some areas did receive some rain. The only areas of the Southeast that are expected…
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This is your last chance (at least for now) to help design the new Drought Dashboard for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin. Even if you are not right in the basin, if you are near it and want a web site which will provide you with an overview of available weather and climate information for the…
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Here is a good basic article on natural and human causes of climate change from The Conversation. This article focuses on the role of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, although of course there are other causes too, such as land use changes, changes in albedo from sea and land ice, and solar radiation changes. You…
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Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story this week about all of the natural disasters that have affected Georgia blueberry growers over the past few years. In previous years it has been late frosts and tropical storms; this year it was severe weather in the form of heavy hail that wiped out crops at…