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The Weather Channel recently released this 11-minute video which talks to farmers in southwest Georgia about their experiences with the aftermath of Hurricane Michael and what it has meant for their life and future as farming families. How have they been able to cope with the economic losses sustained in the storm and what are…
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This week’s question from the Georgia Climate Project Roadmap has to do with how researchers can communicate what the impacts of climate change on health will cost the state. We know that there will be impacts due to increases in mosquit0-borne disease, heat-related illness, and other health-related impacts, but what is the best way to…
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You may remember that the development of the ozone hole in the stratosphere due to the presence of man-refrigerant gases which interfered with the absorption of ultraviolet light was a huge issue a number of years back. Due to the banning of these gases, the ozone hole has finally begun to repair itself. EarthSky posted…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast should be completely dry this week. This comes as good news for people in the wet parts of the region, who need some drier conditions to improve access to their fields. It is less good news for people in the regions of the state…
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I am a proud member of the American Meteorological Society, which is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. You might be interested in reading this opinion piece by our president, who wrote a recent column in Newsweek describing what meteorologists do around the country and the world and how they work to protect you from…
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My friend and colleague Deke Arndt, a climatologist at the National Centers for Environmental Information, recently published a series of graphs showing how distributions of temperature have changed over time. On these graphs, each line represents a different month. The blue “hump” shows the distribution of daily temperature (either maximum or minimum) for the period…
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The Southeast Farm Press published an interesting story today based on an interview with BASF director of North American crop protection Luke Bozeman. In the story they discuss how a combination of breeding, new technology, and smart management practices can help farmers adapt to whatever changes are coming to the climate in the future. While…