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In my previous post I discussed the impacts of high heat on outdoor workers. Another source of stress is poor air quality, which can be either from high particulate levels or from corrosive ground-level ozone. Both of these can put stress on breathing in vulnerable populations. You can get air quality information from the Environmental…
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It’s a hot one out there today! If you have livestock, you may be concerned with the impacts of heat stress on your animals. But you also need to be concerned with the impacts of the hot conditions on your workers. Milk Business provided a timely article this week on the requirements for keeping workers…
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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…
Posted in: Drought