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The Progressive Dairyman published an article last month on the impacts of a changing climate on animal production. It was written by Tamara Scully and based on a dairy conference I spoke at with a number of other experst in Ithaca NY last summer. It describes how changes in temperature, rainfall, growing season length, and…
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“Airglow” is defined as a luminosity or “glowing” given off by the Earth’s own atmosphere. Marshall Shepherd describes the science of airglow in a recent blog post at Forbes.com here. It turns out that what we think of as airglow (not to be confused with aurora) is actually a collection of several different phenomena. Jason Samenow…
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Growing Georgia reprinted a press release from AgPR today which has a good discussion about how the weather conditions associated with El Niño and La Niña affect nitrogen availability in the soil. While it’s commercial in nature, the post contains useful information for those who are planning nitrogen applications and budgeting for coming years. You…
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In the latest edition of “Beyond the Data”, Deke Arndt of NOAA discusses the warmth that enveloped the entire US in March 2016. His study shows that this is the first time since records began in 1895 that every single climate division in the US, including Alaska, reported temperatures in the “warmer than normal” category.…
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The latest newsletter from the Southeast Climate Consortium is now available. It contains information about scientists working on climate and ag-related issues in the Southeast and a review of the 13th meeting of the Tri-State Climate Learning Network for Row Crop Agriculture, which was held on March 14 in Headland, AL. You can read it…
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A commercial weather provider, AccuWeather, has just started issuing 90 day forecasts for specific conditions at locations around the US. They have been getting blasted by meteorologists around the country for irresponsible science, since there is no skill in weather forecasting beyond about ten days, except for some general guidance about overall conditions. In past…
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Today marks the beginning of the Civil War (I grew up in the North, y’all) 155 years ago with the attack on Fort Sumter. The Southeastern Regional Climate Center noted the occasion with an image from the fort’s weather log. It lists “Rain most of the day & Bombardment of Ft. Sumter” in their daily entry.