The results of the 2014 hay contest are in, and show a marked improvement over 2013, when wet weather caused poor forage conditions across the Southeast. Here is a paragraph from the contest summary: “Weather is always a major limiting factor when attempting to produce high quality forage. This year,…
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Bloomberg Businessweek had an interesting article in the past few days about the reduction in wild apple forests in Kazakhstan due to illegal development of vacation homes as well as drought and increased disease pressure linked in part to changing climate. Kazakhstan is home to what some consider the birthplace…
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Last week the USDA designed six Georgia counties as primary natural disaster areas due to recent drought conditions. In addition to the primary counties, there are nine additional counties in Georgia and four in Florida that are included in the drought designation due to their location adjoining one of the…
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Savannah Now published an article discussing the increase in coastal flooding during especially high tides, and notes that this type of flooding is becoming more common as sea levels rise. The sea levels across the world are rising from a combination of expansion of warmer ocean water and melting of…
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Two articles this week described changes in the ranges of birds due to changes in climate, which can impact the range of food supplies and nesting material. In Watt’s Up With That, guest bloggers Pat Michaels and Chip Knappenberger described the movement of songbirds such as the Eastern bluebird to…
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National Public Radio broadcast a story today about problems some California citizens are having with their wells, which they blame on pumping at farms close to their houses. These people, many of them retirees or farm workers on limited incomes living in areas not served by public water supplies, depend…
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The 7-day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast is expected to get no rain for the next week. The only exception is the far south of the Florida peninsula, including the Keys. This area is expected to be affected by a low which is organizing in the Bay…
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