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Heavier Rains Mean More Toxic Blooms for Lake Erie
2015-07-15 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Come September, Lake Erie might face a toxic algae bloom that could rival the record-setting spread of scum that happened in 2011. And such blooms could become more common as the warming climate fuels more downpours that wash bloom-fueling fertilizers into the lake. Green filaments of a toxic algae bloom stretch across the western portion of Lake Erie in this satellite image captured in October 2011. That year's bloom was the largest on record for the lake. The forecasts for a severe bloom...
USDA weather recap: Drier across Corn Belt, heavy rains across South
2015-07-09 17:06:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
winter wheat that had been drenched by heavy June rainfall. However, drying conditions were less than ideal due to lingering showers in the southernmost Corn Belt and below-normal temperatures. Weekly temperatures averaged at least 5° F below normal in a broad area stretching from the central Corn Belt into the Northeast. read more
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6 Trending Headlines: Wildfire risk increases in spite of rains, PLUS: DOT hours-of-service rule waived
2015-06-15 15:49:00| Beef
As spring rolls into summer, ranch work rolls along as well. Here are some tips to working your bulls safely, plus a roundup of other news to start your day. Interstitial Ads Frequency: -1 read more
Texass Warmer Future: Drought & Heavy Rains?
2015-06-05 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The seemingly endless and often torrential rains that deluged Texas and Oklahoma in May are in some ways a harbinger of what the South Central states can expect to see as the world warms. But the region also could be in store for just the opposite more long bouts of hot, dry days that could cause the Southern Plains to be even more susceptible to drought than they already are. The juxtaposition between these trends is an example of the complex and sometimes unpredictable way that climate change...
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El Nio to disrupt rains, cut Africa, E Asia harvests, scientists say
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Farmers in Africa and East Asia are expected to suffer crop losses as extreme weather linked to the El Nino phenomenon alters rainfall patterns, scientists told a conference on climate change in Bonn on Wednesday. The rainy season has been delayed in several African nations, and it is difficult to predict exactly how large the crop losses will be, said Sonja Vermeulen, a University of Copenhagen scientist. "Peanut farmers in Gambia, for example, have already been hit this year," Vermeulen told...
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