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  • BBC: Breathtaking images from the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition

    Pam Knox

    February 11, 2020

    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…

    Posted in: Interesting weather images, Uncategorized
  • Precipitation so far in February ranked #1 at numerous locations

    Pam Knox

    February 10, 2020

    After the first nine days of the month, a number of stations in the Southeast are experiencing their wettest February on record. Of course, there is still a lot of the month to go, but the areas with the highest ranked months are also in the area that is expected to get several inches of…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate summaries, Sources of weather and climate data
  • Modern Farmer: Dogs could save the citrus industry from a devastating disease

    Pam Knox

    February 10, 2020

    Here is an interesting story I read in Modern Farmer this morning. You may have heard that dogs’ keen sense of smell has been used to find truffles underground or even identify potential cancer in humans, but in this story, research has shown that dogs may also be able to identify citrus trees that are…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Fruit
  • Panhandle Row Crop Short Course – March 5

    Pam Knox

    February 9, 2020

    Farmers from across the Florida Panhandle, as well as southern Alabama and Georgia are invited to attend the 2020 Panhandle Row Crop Short Course. The meeting will be hosted by Jackson County Extension on Thursday, March 5 at the Jackson County Agriculture Conference Center (2741 Penn Ave., Marianna, FL). Registration and the trade show will…

    Posted in: Crops, Events
  • Coastal Florida residents not swayed by flood maps

    Pam Knox

    February 9, 2020

    Messaging is an important part of how weather risks, climate science and changing climate are communicated to the public. But it can be hard to pick the most effective way to communicate these messages. A recent survey of residents of coastal South Florida shows that it can be difficult to get homeowners to recognize how…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Coastal
  • A Week of ‘Weather Mood Swings’ in Georgia

    Pam Knox

    February 8, 2020

    This has been a crazy week for weather in the Southeast, and especially in Georgia where we saw inches of rain, record warm conditions, and this morning, snow in northern parts of the state (including just less than an inch at my house in Athens). What is going on with this roller-coaster weather? Dr. Marshall…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science
  • More heavy rain for northern parts of the region this week

    Pam Knox

    February 8, 2020

    When it rains, it pours. Or so it seems this week. Last week brought heavy rains to northern parts of the area, causing flooding along many rivers. Next week looks like more of the same, with forecasts of several more inches in northern parts of the region, although most of Florida and south Georgia is…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks
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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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