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An article this week in AgWeb nicely summarizes the findings of the recent National Climate Assessment report on agriculture. According to the article, the National Climate Assessment (NCA) predicts agriculture will be one of the greatest casualties when it comes to climate change. “Any change in the climate poses a major challenge to agriculture through…
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The Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessment group is hosting a webinar on Thursday, November 29 at 12 noon EST to discuss the recently released National Climate Assessment report and what it says about changes in climate in the Southeast. You can register for the webinar at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C4am8ZwUS0GVZ84FVXk4kw. It will also be recorded for later viewing…
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If you were busy last Friday shopping for Black Friday deals, you missed the release of the 4th National Climate Assessment (Part II), one of the biggest science news stories of the year. This report, which is mandated by Congress and released by the White House every four years, shows that the scientific evidence for…
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Atlas Obscura had an interesting article this week about a tree that is located on subantarctic Campbell Island, a Sitka spruce that is 170 miles from the next nearest tree of any species in the Auckland Islands. It looks more like a bush than a conifer, rumor has it, because some previous inhabitants of the…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows a moderate amount of rain across most of the Southeast. It is raining right now outside my window in Athens, and this rain is likely to continue on and off for a few days. Dry conditions are likely across the region from Wednesday night to Friday night, and then…
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We’ve just gone through an election with some pretty substantial changes to federal government and many changes at local and state levels as well. The politicians that were elected will be faced with the likelihood of having to put policies and regulations into place that have consequences for impacting climate, either in adapting to or…
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It’s the eve of another Thanksgiving Day, and I am thankful for all of you readers of my daily blog! I will be eating turkey and watching football this weekend and will take a few days off to enjoy time with family and friends. I hope you do too! I will be back on Sunday…
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