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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…
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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…
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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…