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The latest reading of atmospheric carbon dioxide from Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii shows that the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has now passed 410 parts per million. This is a level that has not been seen on earth in at least the last 800,000 years according to data from ocean and ice cores. As…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the Southeast is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can find this product at https://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportApril2018.pdf. If you are only getting a text version, try refreshing your cache to get the version with graphics.
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A wetter and cooler than normal April helped reduce drought conditions across the northern three-quarters of the state going into the start of the growing season. Dry conditions remained in the southeastern corner. Farmers kept busy doing planting and other field work during the month when soil conditions permitted. In Atlanta, the monthly average temperature…
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MarketWatch posted a story at the end of April presenting the results of a recent study published in Science which describes the expected economic hits to Gross Domestic Product which states are expected to experience as a result of changing climate. According to the study, Florida is expected to have the highest impact, a loss…
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Atlas Obscura published a short article this week about a new book of photographs of supercell thunderstorms from the Great Plains. The article talks to the photographer, Camille Seaman, about her experiences with chasing storms and getting spectacular photographs of some of them. You can see a few of the images and read more at https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/storm-chaser-photographs.…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that drought across the region was reduced. Severe drought is now completely gone from South Carolina and reduced in Georgia and Florida. Rain amounts in the next week are expected to be relatively light, so no big changes are expected to next week’s map. The most likely beneficiary of rain…
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We have a new publication on vineyard frost protection, put together by Cain Hickey and Erick Smith of UGA along with myself. Learn what to do when frost threatens your vineyard and how to prepare for it. You can access it online at https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=B1490.
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