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AgWeb posted an article this week about the wettest areas of Texas, where some stations have received over 100 inches of rain in 15 months. This just a few years after a devastating drought in that region. You can read a description of where the heaviest rain fell here. Fortunately, while heavy rains this spring…
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The Sustainable City Network posted an intriguing article today on the potential for increasing cattle production reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, based on new research from Iowa State researchers. The potential to reduce carbon emissions comes from switching land from production of row crops like corn to pastures, which would reduce erosion and loss…
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Due to loss of funding, the Southeast Climate Consortium is closing most of its website and social media outlets. If you are interested in seeing what they have been doing for the last five years, their summary report of activities can be found at https://www.seclimate.org/secc-risa-2010-2015-report-now-available/. I have been involved with SECC since 2005 and am sorry…
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As climatologists continue to watch the eastern Pacific Ocean, cool waters there have provided more fuel to the idea that El Niño is all but gone. Here are three more blog posts which discuss the demise of El Niño and what might come next, from opposite ends of the country. The State Climate Office of…
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The latest Drought Monitor map today shows that moderate drought expanded south in Alabama over the last week, while other areas of the Southeast did not change their drought coverage. Alabama was largely missed by rain from Tropical Storm Colin and has seen little rain over the last week. The area of moderate drought expanded…
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With dry conditions expanding in Alabama and northwest Georgia, farmers are worried about reductions in yields that could cost them dearly this year. AgWeb ran a story this week by the Associated Press detailing some of the concerns that Alabama farmers have with the declining moisture. You can read it here.
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NOAA released their latest summary for May, spring (March-May) and year to date for the US today. You can see the summary at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/summary-info/national/201605. The summary shows that for May, the country as a whole was fairly close to the long-term average, although some regions were colder or warmer than average, particularly the Pacific Northwest.…