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Business Insider posted a story this week describing the current drought in Ethiopia, which is one of the worst in the last fifty years. But unlike previous droughts, the worst impacts have been blunted by smarter methods of managing the land. The key to improvements: slowing down runoff so that it does not erode valuable…
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As the wet season gets underway in Florida, Jeff Masters has a nice description of the wet and dry seasons in Florida in his Wunderblog post this week. We are seeing a pattern shift to more typical wet conditions in Florida and points north, which may help to reduce the moderate drought that has developed…
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The Guardian reported on the most recent global climate report from NASA that globally, April set a new temperature record, making this the seventh month in a row to break the record. With this string of warm months, 2016 is almost certain to set a new record for the warmest year ever. Part of this…
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The Southeast Farm Press noted this week that North Carolina has had a disappointing wheat crop this year, due in part to poor weather which affected yields. They noted that “Wet weather this year has lowered nutrient uptake in wheat and increased disease pressure. Due to a soggy February, Pythium root rot and crown rot…
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So far May 2016 has had variable temperature and precipitation conditions. Most areas of the Southeast have been above normal in temperature, particularly South Carolina. Rainfall has varied widely, with North Carolina and Virginia receiving the most along with a strip of the western Florida peninsula. Alabama and Georgia have been dry. According to the…
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One area of hot research in reducing carbon emissions is work on reducing the emission of methane from cattle digestion. While cow belches do not put as much carbon into the air as the burning of fossil fuel for transportation and energy production, it is one area in agriculture that is being studied to see…
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This week is Hurricane Awareness week for NOAA. All week the National Weather Service will be providing information about hurricanes and tropical storm risk. In the Southeast we are particularly vulnerable to Atlantic hurricanes, and after more than ten years without a strong storm, it feels like we are overdue for one. Today’s blog post…