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The latest Drought Monitor shows the expansion of abnormally dry conditions across Florida and the Carolinas this week, due in part to low rainfall amounts and also to the very warm temperatures the region has experienced this past week. Areas of moderate drought have also been added to parts of northern Virginia and southern Florida. …
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If you think it has been warm just here in the Southeast, think again. Many parts of the US are seeing record-setting warmth, including Oklahoma, which has measured temperatures as high as 99 F in the last week. Yes, that’s 99 F! In February. Many climatologists have commented on this unnatural state of climate. You…
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NASA released their global climate summary today, and it shows that according to their calculations, January 2017 was the third warmest in 137 based on modern record-keeping. Last year was the warmest, followed by 2007. Note that as expected, most of the warming is occurring at higher latitudes due in part to snow and sea…
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Even though it’s been warm here in the Southeast, winter is not yet over. To remind us, NPR has a fascinating video on the growth of snowflakes available as their Valentine’s Day gift to us. It is about two minutes long and features the slow growth of dendrites, which are the typical snowflakes you see…
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Drovers Newsletter had a really interesting article this week on one livestock producer’s methods for getting ready to deal with drought. You can find it here. Some of his adaptation methods include having at least a year’s worth of food onsite and keeping cows that could be easily culled in a separate herd so you…
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After months of waiting, the Special Master to the Supreme Court announced today that he was recommending that Georgia win the lawsuit by Florida which aimed to cap the amount of water that could be used by Georgia before allowing it to flow to Florida. The State of Florida contended that Georgia was unlawfully taking…
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Iowa State University has announced a new set of publications discussing the impacts of weather and climate on several specialty crops. The publications are listed collectively as “Climate and Weather: Specialty Crop Growers’ Views and Priorities to Manage Uncertainty in Production Systems.” While most these publications are aimed at folks from the Midwest, there is…