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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought in the Southeast decreased due to recent rains. The extreme (D3) drought was removed from North Carolina and shrunk in area in Georgia and Alabama. A small sliver is still hanging on around Tampa on the West Coast of Florida. Other areas of the Southeast generally…
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One way that farmers in the Southeast are adapting to our changing climate is by planting new crops to replace those that either don’t do so well in the warmer Southeast or are not economically viable anymore. Some of the farmers I work with are planting things like satsuma and other citrus, olives, and pomegranates.…
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The strong El Niño is expected to dominate the climate of the Southeast (and the United States as a whole) over the next few months, although it has been slow to start this fall and winter. That means a strong subtropical jet across southern parts of GA and AL and northern FL, bringing rainy weather…
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I want to take a minute to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Regional Climate Centers, a climate resource for the United States. In the Southeast, our partner is the Southeast Regional Climate Center, located in North Carolina, and they can provide an amazing amount of climate information, including the Perspectives tool that is used…
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If you are interested in out-of-the-ordinary weather, you might be interested in this recent article about places that have unusual weather conditions: Where to Experience the World’s Most Unusual Weather Phenomena — Daily Passport. There is also a good list of unusual weather conditions that are not tied to a particular location from the National…
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Even though the Atlantic basin had an active season this year, we had very little impact in the Southeast other than Hurricanes Idalia and Ophelia. The lack of tropical rain was a benefit to Vidalia onion growers who are growing their seedbeds for next year. Since the seedbeds are under irrigation, they don’t want additional…
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If you work with children and are looking for lesson ideas, The Nature Conservancy has some curricula in their Nature Lab that you might find useful at https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/how-we-work/youth-engagement/nature-lab/. They include information by age level and cover things like regenerative agriculture, climate change, and sustainable food production.
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