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If you are a producer worried about freezing temperatures and their impacts on fruits and vegetables, you might want to look for information about an upcoming workshop that IFAS is holding on November 19 in Lake County. Information on topics covered plus registration information is available at https://fruitgrowersnews.com/news/growers-prepare-for-winter-weather-with-uf-ifas-extension/.
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The BBC produced a short timeline which describes some of the important events in expanding our knowledge of how humans are changing climate, going back to 1712 and the invention of the first steam engine that used coal and 1824, the first scientific mention of the earth’s natural greenhouse effect. If you think that scientists’…
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This week looks mostly dry for the majority of the Southeast. No rain at all is expected for large parts of the region for the first five days, with a chance of showers on Thursday and Friday as the next weather system moves into the region from the northwest. While this lull is going on,…
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Halfway through November, we can see that so far this month a lot of the region has been drier than normal. Temperatures have varied across the region quite a bit, with northwestern parts much colder than average while southern Florida continues to bask in above normal weather. The temperature pattern could persist for the rest…
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Proxy data are measurements from things like tree rings that contain a time series of changes documenting variations in weather or climate at a specific location. These data, which include ice cores, ocean sediments, and pollen from bogs, can tell us how the climate changed over a long period of time, which eventually will help…
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Wet conditions over the last week have helped to continue the trend towards less drought across the Southeast. The only exception is the Florida peninsula, which saw an increase in abnormally dry (D0) conditions this week because the rain was largely concentrated farther north and hot conditions continue to occur there. With the rain in…
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According to a new study of 33 El Niños dating back to 1901 and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, climate change appears to be making the events stronger by shifting their hottest conditions west of the International Dateline over time. This can cause more extreme weather by shifting the regional…