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The USDA’s Southwest Regional Climate Hub has a new online curriculum on agriculture and climate change available for K-12 educators and students. I haven’t had a chance to look at it yet, but even though it was written for the Southwest, I’m sure it contains information that would be valuable to the Southeast as well.…
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While fall started on September 1 for meteorologists and climatologists, today is the first day of astronomical fall. Most of the Southeast will be feeling summer-like temperatures for a few more days before cooler air moves into the region in about a week. You can read more about why climatologists and astronomers have different definitions…
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The Washington Post published a story this week describing the loss of unripe citrus fruit from trees due to Hurricane Irma’s high winds (they suggest as much as 70% loss) and how it would affect orange juice sales in the future. The story noted that the production of oranges in Florida has decreased in recent…
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Did you have trees that fell over due to winds from Hurricane Irma? If they are not too big, you may be able to right them using the information provided by Walter Reeves, Georgia master gardener, in this blog post at https://www.walterreeves.com/landscaping/tree-straightening-when-blown-over. Anything bigger than about 15 feet tall will probably not survive, though, and needs…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there have been slight increases in abnormally dry conditions in Virginia and North Carolina. Both of those states missed the rain from Hurricane Irma, allowing drier conditions to remain and grow a little. The latest seasonal drought outlook was also released today and shows that drought…
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According to an article in Southeast Farm Press today by Brad Haire, based on preliminary estimates Georgia cotton yields are expected to drop by at least ten percent based just on Irma, which blew lint off the plants and bent over many others. This could mean a loss of up to $100 million in lost…
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For those of you watching all of the activity in the tropics, here is a short update for you. Thankfully, it is short because for most of us in the Southeast there is not a lot to worry about, although of course we are devastated at the destruction that is currently occurring in the US…