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Here is a new atlas that describes a lot of factors related to agriculture, land use, and population density, among other factors, across the United States. While it was developed for use in the “Green New Deal”, even if you don’t think that is a feasible plan for dealing with changing climate, you will still…
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The latest monthly global climate summary for November 2019 was released today by NOAA. It shows that the past month was the second warmest on record for the earth as a whole based on records going back to 1880. The only higher November was 2015. The autumn period September through November was also the second…
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Vox.com had an interesting story map last week on three important tree species that provide a hedge against catastrophic climate change across the world. They are the brazil nut tree from the Amazon rain forest, the stilt mangrove from Indonesia, and the African teak tree in the Congo rain forest. You can look at the…
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One of the most effective ways of producing crops year after year is to provide irrigation to make sure the plants have enough moisture to germinate, grow and yield good crops. Sometimes it only takes a few inches of rain a year, applied at the right time, to get your crop through a dry spell.…
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Those of you who like history may be interested in this recent article describing the cause of one of Europe’s worst famines from 1315 to 1317. Unlike many famines, this one was probably not caused by drought but by unrelenting rain that caused severe flooding. You can read more about it and how they learned…
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It’s the time of year when university types like me are thinking about final exams. You might enjoy trying this short quiz on climate from UGA’s Dr. Shepherd to see how you chalk up. We won’t grade you on it, though. Good luck and hope you do well here.
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Since it is almost the end of the 2010’s, there have been several stories come out which list the top ten weather disasters of the last ten years. The Weather Channel‘s list is here. Note that none of the many droughts that occurred in this time period made the list except in connection to the…
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