The pool of unusually warm water in the eastern Pacific Ocean that was observed earlier this summer has now mostly dissipated without a response from the tropical atmosphere, leaving climatologists wondering if El Nino will occur this winter as predicted earlier. In the strongest El Ninos, the atmospheric signature of…
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Growing Produce released a story on AgroClimate’s s\Strawberry Advisory System, a tool which is available at https://agroclimate.org/tools/strawberry/. The tool takes data such as temperature and leaf wetness and tells growers when to spray fungicide to ward off diseases. By spraying fungicide only when needed, it can save growers significant amounts of time…
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Some scientists have proposed reducing the effects of a warming climate by using engineering approaches to combat the effects of increased greenhouse gas concentrations. These approaches include planting more forests, fertilizing the ocean to increase the uptake of carbon through algae growth, and space mirrors to redirect solar energy away…
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The New York Times has an interesting map which shows the changing drought across the US. You can see the growth and decay of drought in the Texas panhandle as well as the increasing severity of drought in California. Access it here. The text indicates the drought is increasing as…
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Growing Georgia reported on Thursday that southern corn rust has returned to Georgia early this year. Usually the rust does not appear in Georgia until late June or even July, but this year it was first spotted on June 5. UGA Extension scientist Bob Kemerait noted that this is the earliest…
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This week starts with below normal rainfall in most of the Southeast. Rainfall should be less than 0.75 inches over the next five days across most of the Southeast except near the coast. Showers will be scattered but could be heavy if you happen to get caught in one. Rain…
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The National Public Radio station in southeast Missouri has an interesting story about how farmers in the historic Dust Bowl region have been able to adapt to recent droughts using modern technology and the results of years of agricultural research. Even though conditions in the central Plains have been almost…
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