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Hurricane damage to vehicle and home CAES News
Stormy Weather 08/24/11 April Reese Sorrow
The probability of Georgia being directly hit by a hurricane in any given year is low. Regardless, Georgians should prepare just in case says the state’s climatologist.
Mark Risse, left, and Adam Speir check out the compost piles at the University of Georgia. Risse and Speir are faculty in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. CAES News
Climate change 08/11/11 April Reese Sorrow
University of Georgia researchers recently joined a national team of scientists working on a five-year, $4.1-million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant designed around climate change’s effects on animal agriculture.
NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Kenny Wallace talks ethanol and alternative energy with Shi-Zong Li, deputy director of China's Tsinghua University Institute of New Energy Technology, at the 6th annual Southeast Bioenergy Conference Aug. 9 in Tifton, Ga. CAES News
Bioenergy 08/11/11 Brad Haire
Kenny Wallace says he “is a corn guy,” referring to the grain used to make ethanol, a fuel the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver is passionate about these days.
The early summer following an El Niño winter climate pattern – like we had this past winter -- is typically warmer and drier than normal. With the warmer temperatures and drier-than-normal conditions, soil moisture will quickly decrease over the next two months. CAES News
Hot, hot and more hot. 08/04/11 Pam Knox
Though there are still areas of exceptional drought, scattered showers in July reduced drought in south Georgia. But dry conditions increased in north Georgia. Hot temperatures plagued the whole state.
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SE Bioenergy Conference 07/28/11 Brad Haire
“Energizing the Southeast” will be the theme of the 6th annual Southeast Bioenergy Conference Aug. 9-11, 2011 at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, Ga.
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June was the warmest ever in Columbus in 64 years of record. 07/14/11 Pam Knox
Very hot daytime temperatures and lack of rainfall led to strengthened drought across Georgia in June. Temperatures were at or near record levels for the month across the state.
Paterson receives award CAES News
Paterson honored 07/14/11 Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia Distinguished Research Professor Andrew Paterson has been awarded the 2011 Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation Agriscience Award.
J. Scott Angle, dean and director, UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. CAES News
Georgia drought deepens 07/13/11 J. Scott Angle
After breathing a sigh of relief for the past few years, many Georgians are once again facing extreme drought conditions, which threaten to intensify during the summer.
Lake sampling at Rock Eagle Lake CAES News
Lake ecology session 07/05/11 Sharon Dowdy
Rock Eagle 4-H Center will hold a Saturday session titled Explore Rock Eagle Lake on July 16 from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. At this session, participants will use dip nets to collect and identify common organisms found in Rock Eagle Lake.