Climate and Ag in the news
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Here is an interesting story about planting soybeans from Farm Progress. In the story, it points out that planting soybeans too early does not give an advantage to plants but actually results in shorter plants with less leaf area. That results in lower yields than soybeans that are planted a little later that grow taller.…
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My tropical meteorology scientist colleagues have been watching the sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean lately and have been stunned at how warm they are compared to normal. In some areas, the temperatures are at more than 4 standard deviations away from average conditions, which is just mind-blowing in how unusual this is. That…
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With the 2024 hurricane season coming up, here is an article and video from the Weather Channel describing the list of names for this year. The list is basically the same as the 2018 list (they repeat every 7 years) but with Francine replacing Florence and Milton replacing Michael. Both of the retired storms caused…
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There has not been much snow in a lot of the Southeast this year in spite of plenty of precipitation because the temperatures have just been too warm when the moisture was in place. So you might enjoy reading about some of the most extreme blizzards that have occurred in history, including a couple that…
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Regenerative farming that minimizes the output of greenhouse gases is something that more farmers are becoming interested in. Livestock farming has been a particularly tough nut to crack because of the methane emitted by ruminant animals like cattle. A farm in Australia looked at this and successfully maintained a carbon-neutral farm for many years, but…
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The Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas, launched by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S*) on 20 February, is set to be an important new resource for policymakers looking to formulate effective climate policy and for other users needing to visualise and analyse climate change information. This new tool from C3S, which builds on the Interactive Atlas of the…
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I’ve recently seen a few stories promoting the use of widespread tree planting as a way to absorb carbon and reduce greenhouse gases. But if you do the numbers, we can never plant enough trees to absorb all the greenhouse gases that are being emitted, much less the excess that is already in the atmosphere.…