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Constrictor snakes comments 04/23/10
Florida weather is not just a tourist attraction for humans. Large constrictor snakes, like the Burmese python, find the state very comfortable, too.
GAEMN weather station on the Stripling Irrigation Park in Camilla, Ga. CAES News
Closing station would be detrimental 04/22/10 Sharon Dowdy
Farmers rely on the most up-to-date local weather information to make the best decisions on when to plant or make other decisions for their crops. Without that knowledge, they can lose money, says a University of Georgia economist.
An Asian longhorned beetle chews through wood. CAES News
Invasive videos 04/15/10 Erin Griffin
For decades, non-native invasive species have caused billions of dollars in damage in the United States alone. Many are well known, such as the Asian longhorned beetle or kudzu. Others are less famous. A University of Georgia center will create an online video resource to train people to learn more about the invaders and what can be done to stop them.
A pair of hummingbirds fly around a feeder at a North Georgia home. CAES News
Hummingbird Haven 04/08/10 April Reese Sorrow
Hummingbirds will soon make their way back to Georgia after wintering in Central America. Welcome them to your house by providing their favorite plants and the right food in the right places.
A redbud tree (cercis spp.) blooms during springtime on the UGA Griffin Campus CAES News
Spring start 04/06/10 Pam Knox
Spring across most of Georgia started cooler and drier than normal, forcing flowering plants and trees to bud a week to two weeks later than usual.
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Pond turnover 04/01/10 Jim F. Crawford
Spring weather signals all kinds of changes in nature. Trees sprout leaves. Plants bloom. But weather that brings nature back to life can also kill the fish in ponds.
Children eat mangoes and stare at UGA agricultural experts working in a field near Los Palis, Haiti, March 16. CAES News
Haiti agriculture 04/01/10 Brad Haire
In the shadow of a rundown block building in Los Palis, Haiti, children wearing tattered clothes bit into half-ripened mangoes they picked from the ground and wondered about the strange men toiling around in the field.
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Wicked winter 03/11/10 David E. Stooksbury, Ph.D.
This winter was unusually cold and wet across Georgia, causing the heating demand for buildings to soar.
A syrphid fly hovers over a swamp sunflower CAES News
Cold, wet, hot and dry spring 03/04/10 David E. Stooksbury, Ph.D.
Georgia’s spring weather this year will be the tale of two seasons: The most likely scenario is cooler and wetter than normal early on, becoming hotter and drier leading into summer.
Butterfly Weed is a native herbaceous perennial that attracts butterflies like magnets with its florescent orange blooms. CAES News
Spring gardening 02/18/10 Stephanie Schupska
Welcome to the 35th annual Spring Garden Packet from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Written by CAES faculty, editors and graduate and undergraduate students, these articles are provided to help you with timely, valuable statewide gardening information.