-
February 2 is the day when we traditionally celebrate Groundhog Day, when groundhogs everywhere (or at least where there are active tourist bureaus) come out to determine whether or not there will be six more weeks of winter. It amazes me that people trust the wisdom of a glorified rat more than real climatologists when…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news -
The Packer had a story last week on the impacts of the East Coast snowstorm on mushroom growers in Pennsylvania. The heavy snow collapsed roofs of growing facilities, closed roads to trucks and prevented workers from getting to the farms. This is likely to result in a temporary shortage of fresh mushrooms in the East.…
-
From the National Weather Service: This week, February 1st through 5th, is Severe Weather Preparedness Week for Georgia. We will highlight family preparedness, thunderstorm, lightning, and tornado safety, as well as flood preparedness. There will be a tornado warning drill on Wednesday, February 3 at approximately 9:00am for all 159 counties. This annual drill gives…
-
The climate summary for North Carolina for January 2016 is now available at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=176&h=5666e5c1. It also looks ahead to the weather patterns we are likely to see in February.
Posted in: Climate summaries -
Even though the final totals for January 2016 are not yet in, it’s clear that January is likely to rank in the top ten wettest for Florida since records began in 1895. The ranking map below from the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives tool shows the number of stations in the state that are ranked…
-
The trend towards warmer temperatures in many areas of the world is a worrisome sign to entomologists and diseases specialists, because the range of mosquito-borne diseases is closely linked to temperature, according to an article in Time.com yesterday. “The link between climate change and mosquito-borne illness centers around how rising temperatures may expand the area…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news -
Medium.com had a long but interesting article on the Cerrado in Brazil and how it is being converted to cropland to export soy to China. When I think of Brazil I think of tropical rainforests, but it actually has another celebrated biome, the Cerrado, a grassland located in central Brazil. With the current demand for…