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NPR had an interesting story this week about the rapid expansion of solar installations across southwest Georgia in response to dropping prices for solar panels. Many farmers are considering leasing land for solar farms in this region, where sunshine is abundant and strong, because of the potential for income. You can listen to the story…
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The Packer noted this week that blueberry production across the US is starting to pick up after a slow start in Georgia and North Carolina. The article estimated that production was down 50% from what was forecast. They attributed that to pollination issues, which limited the number of berries on the bushes. Later harvests in…
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Today Mount Ulawun erupted in an explosive eruption that sent ash well over 50,000 feet in Papua, New Guinea. You can read more about the eruption at MSN at https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/papua-new-guinea-volcano-spews-ash-triggering-eruption-alert/ar-AADrDYQ. This is likely to have important consequences for the climate of the Southeast in the next few years, since strong eruptions that put ash and…
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Here is a message from the Southeast Regional Climate Hub (USDA) about presentations from their recent workshop on Building Agricultural Resistance to Hurricanes. Please see below for the links to the different sessions. We’re pleased to announce that presentations from the Building Agricultural Resilience to Hurricanes Workshop are finally available online. See links below. Sorry…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has released their report on spring 2019. You can read about the climate and extreme weather in the region from March through May at https://sercc.com/SoutheastRegionQuarterlyReportSpring2019.pdf.
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If you have ever been asked for the climate projections for your county, here is a useful website which provides some of that information. The Climate Explorer at https://crt-climate-explorer.nemac.org/ allows you to look down to the county level to determine projections of future temperature, precipitation, and degree days for a couple of different climate scenarios.…
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Did you know that most of the Southeast used to be covered by grasslands? Now, of course, much of the land is either cultivated for crops or planted as forest, much of which produces agricultural products like timber or wood pellets as well. Here is an interesting story about the grasslands of the Southeast and…