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The latest monthly Water Resources Outlook video from the National Weather Service has been posted to YouTube. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWQJKSsEASs&feature=youtu.be.
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The latest seasonal climate summary for the Southeast is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can find it at https://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionQuarterlyReportWinter2018_19.pdf.
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The Southeast Farm Press posted an interesting story today which describes how weather and climate impact the development of a uniform field of corn, which is key to getting the top yields. One of things that is needed is a string of 4 days in a row with temperatures at or above 60 F. This…
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Here’s a story from the end of January (so a little dated) which has a pretty good description of how climate is changing in the Midwest, where I am from. Yes, it’s from BuzzFeed so tilts towards climate change activism, but overall the science is good and based on the National Climate Assessment. Some of…
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It’s taken almost a year, but we have completed our look at the Georgia Climate Project Roadmap. For those of you who joined us late, this is a list of 40 of the most important research questions (determined by a working group of about 60 Georgia scientists) facing scientists who are looking into how climate…
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While this blog is mainly about climate and its impacts on agriculture, sometimes the news gets in the way and we look a little more broadly about food. I thought this article from Bloomberg about what folks in the UK would eat if Brexit held up imports. No daily tea? It made me think about…
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Earlier this week, the astronomical season changed from winter to spring as we passed the vernal equinox. Of course, climatological spring started on March 1. If you are interested in learning more about the equinox, then EarthSky has a great discussion here. Happy spring!