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Southerly Magazine has an interesting story about the longleaf pine’s history in the Southeast. It was nearly eliminated by logging and development and then replaced by other species. But it has a long history of surviving in the region for thousands of year before humans lived here…
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The global climate summary for January 2020 was released by NOAA this morning. It shows that this past January was the warmest ever for a January since global records began in 1880. This in spite of the fact that we are not in an El Nino, which usually brings us the warmest global temperatures…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the area of abnormally dry conditions has decreased significantly since last week’s map. All abnormally dry (D0) conditions are gone from the Carolinas and almost all of it is gone from Alabama. The small area of moderate drought (D1) in southern Georgia…
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While parts of the Southeast are expecting yet another round of rain in the next few days, farmers in other parts of the country are also struggling with very wet conditions. AgWeb posted a story this week about how Midwestern farmers in the Corn Belt are also dealing with very wet conditions for a second…
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If you are interested in looking at public opinion about climate change in your county and creating a fact sheet to summarize it, here is an easy-to-use tool for you to use. It also allows you to provide maps for your entire state, as seen in the attached map for Georgia…
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You are not imaging it that spring has come early this year, although we could still see cold weather in the next few weeks. The US National Phenology Network (NPN) gives us a glimpse each year of how spring is progressing across the country by tracking blooms of flowers, sitings of animals and other markers…
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If you love landscape images, you will enjoy these photo winners from the BBC showing a variety of unbelievable landscapes from around the world. Time for a road trip? The photo I am using for this blog post is not one of the winners, so be sure to check out the BBC page here to…