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“Winter is coming.” Well, maybe not quite yet, but according to this map of the hottest day of the year, most of us in the Southeast are now just about to cross to the inevitable downside of the annual temperature curve headed towards the next cold season. Think of that while you swelter in the…
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The University of Kentucky published a story this week about a new smartphone app which allows citizen scientists to upload pictures and information about critical tree species, including potential pest infestations and diseases for critical species like white oak. The app is designed to be easy to use. According to the story, “The app guides…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that seasonal rains should fall across the Southeast in the next week, with most places expected to receive an inch or more of rain, and isolated areas receiving 2-3 inches, including the mountainous areas. The heaviest rains are likely to be this weekend through Monday, with heavier rains farther…
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Recent storm events have dropped trees in a number of places across the Southeast, including Georgia. Some trees are snapped by high winds, and others are uprooted when saturated soils weakens the grip that the tree roots have, resulting in trees that are tipped over by those winds. Paul Pugliese, the Georgia ANR agent in…
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As part of their series of graphs of global average temperatures, NOAA produces this one below which shows the temperature anomalies by ENSO phase. As expected the graph shows that El Niño year (in red) tend to be the warmest because of the large expanse of above-normal sea surface temperatures across the eastern Pacific Ocean…
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This week’s Drought Monitor shows no big changes in most of the Southeast, with just a small area of abnormally dry conditions remaining in eastern Georgia. There was some expansion of abnormally dry conditions in Virginia in the northern part of our region, but no drought at this time. The Climate Prediction Center indicates no…
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Food & Wine magazine posted an interesting story today about some recent research by Australian scientists which they claim shows that feeding cattle a diet with seaweed in it (as little as 2% is the claim) the methane output from the cows is significantly reduced. Since Ireland is an island surrounded by the sea, Irish…