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How do you feel about winter weather? Do you love it or hate it? This thoughtful essay by an emergency room physician discusses how someone’s attitude may be colored by whether they have access to heat and shelter, good health, or other factors. In the essay, the author Edwin Leap says “When I see our…
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In the past week, moderate (D1) drought doubled in coverage in Puerto Rico, which has not seen much rain in the last couple of weeks. In the mainland Southeast, however, there has been widespread improvement in drought conditions, with 1-category changes in more than half of Georgia plus western VA, NC, and SC. In Alabama,…
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The latest seasonal outlook for February through April was released this week by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that for most of the southern part of the region, wetter than normal conditions and near-normal temperatures are expected for the next three months. Of course, that could mean periods of warmer and colder than normal…
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It’s been another cold morning with one more to come before things start to warm up. But the pattern is changing and we will be much warmer by the end of the week as we draw up warm, moist air from the Gulf ahead of a low pressure center that will approach us later in…
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Even though Georgia is known as the Peach State, there are many other fruit crops that are important agricultural products for the state. Blueberries is the biggest contributor to the state’s agricultural production, but other crops are also starting to gain traction in the state, too. This recent article from WSB radio discusses the booming…
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The Southern Region Extension Forestry group has announced a 6-week webinar series on silvopasture to be held on Tuesdays at 1 pm starting on January 30. Here is what their Facebook page says: We are excited to announce the sixth season of the Woodland Stewards Webinar Series! Join us on Tuesdays at 1 pm from…
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It’s going to be very cold in the Southeast for the next few days. Climatologists are already bracing themselves for people to say “I could use a little global warming about now.” Besides demonstrating that they don’t understand the differences between weather and climate, it shows a disdain for the science behind predictions of how…
Posted in: Climate science