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The Washington Post has an interesting discussion of how the climate of the Little Ice Age a few hundred years ago affected the development of civilizations across the world. During that time period centered on the 16th century, there was a lot of upheaval to world civilizations as cold conditions caused crop failures and altered…
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The European Space Agency has a new video out which explains various factors that are causing an increase in sea level at most places around the globe. They include thermal expansion of water, melting of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, and changes in water storage. You can view it at Space.com at https://www.space.com/37169-climate-change-effects-earth.html.
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Clyde Fraisse of AgroClimate.org has put together a useful description of current climate conditions and impacts of the latest climate outlook on areas of future concern for farmers, including fungal disease and pest pressure. You can read it at the Panhandle e-News at https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2018/03/02/late-winter-agroclimate-update/.
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The latest QPF forecast shows lighter amounts of rain this week than the last couple, which should be good for farmers trying to get field work done in the wetter areas, but not so good for those in the drier areas who need good soil moisture for planting. The majority of the rain will fall…
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The long-range forecasts are starting to show the possibility of frost across a lot of Georgia next week Thursday and Friday. While a 7-day forecast does not have a lot of skill, by seven days away some general trends can be seen. The latest GFS forecast model shows the possibility of a cold outbreak coming…
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The latest monthly climate summary for North Carolina is now available. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=255&h=5666e5c1.
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Every official weather station across the state of Georgia was at least nine degrees above normal in February 2018, leading to what will be a record warm month once the final statistics are tallied. Numerous high temperature records were broken this month in conjunction with the hottest conditions in mid-month. This sits in stark contrast…