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I’ve been getting a few questions about the Paris climate meeting that is starting on Monday. You may be as well. Here is a blog post from Dr. Marshall Shepherd providing the history of these big climate meetings in the past and what they hope to accomplish in this meeting. You can read it at https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2015/11/25/so-what-is-this-paris-climate-meeting-anyway-the-basics-of-cop21/. …
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I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends, wherever you are!
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The latest storm in the Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Sandra, could bring another plume of moisture to the south central US later this week. If the storm moves as expected, the moisture will feed into a front in the area and could lead to more wet conditions and potential flooding due to saturated soils that already present…
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Pecan yields this year are likely to be lower than expected due to less than ideal weather conditions during the growing and harvest seasons, according to an article by Clint Thompson of the University of Georgia published in Growing Georgia. The wet, cloudy and warm conditions at harvest led to a deterioration in crop quality…
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VORTEX is the acronym for a set of scientific field observation programs focusing on the life cycles of tornadoes. In the past, the VORTEX programs have focused on tornadoes in the central US in what is considered the traditional “Tornado Alley”. Now, the next VORTEX program is coming to the Southeast, where tornadoes also occur…
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A recent study by USDA scientists in Tifton, GA shows that strip tillage and cover crops are important practices for reducing erosion from sandy soils in the Southeastern United States and for enhancing soil quality. For example, use of cover crops mean crop residues remain on the surface, providing protection from water and wind erosion.…
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Dr. Jeff Masters reported on his Weather Underground blog that the current El Niño set an all-time record for a weekly value last week. You can read the blog post here. Among the impacts that are being seen around the world are drought in Africa and other locations, floods in South America, and a strong…