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Drovers Newsletter published a special report collecting information on the impacts of recent wildfires that have devastated parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. You can read several related reports on the damage to herds and pastures as well as relief efforts underway to help the affected ranchers by following the link here.
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With the cold weather we’ll be experiencing later this week, following weeks of above normal temperature, I thought this article on cold damage to alfalfa might be useful. Frost damage is most likely to occur if temperatures get to 24 F or below, which could happen in northern parts of the region on Wednesday and…
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I was doing some research for a project this week and ran across the EPA website of climate change indicators at https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/. Fortunately, it is still available at the EPA web site. I have also downloaded a copy of the full report to keep on hand, just in case. One of the things that really surprised…
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Here’s an interesting story about how the Drought Monitor is made from KQED out west. It describes the combination of quantitative factors along with the art that makes the map come together. However, unlike the headline above, I know of a few examples where politics has also come into play, although for the most part…
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Farmers use a variety of techniques to help protect their vulnerable crops against frost damage when temperatures get near 32 F, including irrigation, large fans, or other heating methods. But it is hard to know when to start the frost prevention measures, because if you wait until it gets to 32 F, then it is…
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I love geology! Growing up in Michigan I could see evidence of past ice ages all around me. It’s a little trickier to see evidence in the Southeast, but there are a few examples here. But one of the most widespread evidence of an Ice Age climate catastrophe can be found in eastern Washington, where…
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In 1993 I was working in Wisconsin as the State Climatologist watching an incredible storm forecast for the Southeast with my husband John Knox, Birmingham AL native. The forecast was one of the best the National Weather Service at the time ever made, and the severity of the storm was well predicted far ahead. Even…
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