Georgia 2050 Climate Forecast: 2023 Update
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ม.ค. 2024
- Folks, this update for Georgia is pretty cool. There are challenges in the future, don't get me wrong, but if you're looking for a place to build resilience in the southeast, there's some incredible potential to explore in Georgia.
Here's a link to the NCA5
nca2023.globalchange.gov/
And to the sea level rise viewer- check out your address if you're in a coastal area
coast.noaa.gov/slr/#/layer/slr - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Another excellent video! This year, we basically didn't have Winter, normally, February is Winter. If I remember correctly, our last official freeze was in February, there was a night in April that got to 32/33° and I don't count that night. The plant adaptability is going both up and down. You already know about the struggles with UV damage on broadleafed plants like Pumpkins and Squashes, they need shade now. I have black Taro growing in the pond, usually it has to be brought inside for the Winter and stored in a cool, dry, dark area, now, it stays in the pond and dies back in February but comes right back. The same applies to the Papyrus. I do anticipate this area becoming Tropical over the next few years so I am acquiring Tropical plants and seeds to grow, like Cacao, Coffee, Olives etc. This summer has been mild so far when it comes to temperature, however, the humidity feels higher just like the UV. We still cool down at night but it's not as much as it was but by only a few degrees. I think we have been dryer than usual as far as precipitation but that will change with this years Hurricane season. Winds and storms are more severe so we are growing Bamboo, it can withstand F5 Tornado winds. We are just trying to adapt to everything we can and it's working sort-of but I am definitely behind, I didn't think things would change so quickly.
@koicaine1230 thanks for this detailed update. We are running about a month ahead in the growing season here. The thunderstorms feel like June thunderstorms, that's for sure. Everyone's got seed in the ground early- some folks four weeks early. The ground did not freeze as deep as usual, for sure.
I don't think there are many people who did think things would change this quickly. 2023 was a real departure from the expected. All we can do is pay attention & live in reality- step up our response.
@@AmericanResiliency 100%!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you! I'm in the Augusta, GA area and it's not looking too bad for us. ❤
@hhollyd66, I am so glad to hear!
When I did the first round of these outlooks, I was really surprised by what I learned about Georgia, just the incredible strength of the state in the regional context. In the NCA5, there are quite a few states where the level of challenge has increased... I went into the research for this video ready to be sad, but instead, it was such a relief!
Wow! I didn't actually know that we had native bamboo species. I've seen river cane before. I didn't know that it was native.
I remember seeing somebody plant a bunch of them in their yard and it looks exactly. I mean identical to the River cane in pictures. Although I'm sure that their house was probably bought up by developers.
I can tell you this bamboo grows like weeds. Here, but now knowing that we have a native species of bamboo that's awesome hear.
That great creating shade/wind protection plant. As a southerner, it is so important that we have our shade. But don't be shady 😎
That whole cane ecosystem is a MAJOR potential player as we face the challenges ahead. People talk about new technology as the only path forward, but fast growing native ecosystems like canebreaks in the south and tall grass prairie in the north could do so much to help us, and they fix carbon faster than trees.
I’m amazed they didn’t cover humidity in the report, especially in the Southeast. Is that included in the night time temperature increase?
Shockingly, there is no wet-bulb type projection map in the NCA5. It's clear that people were thinking about it- 95 is the lowest temperature where, with the right humidity, you can get wet bulb. I would use the 95 day increase projections as a proxy for days with wet bulb potential. From the increase in days over 95 and nights over 70, it looks like much of south Georgia will be seeing an additional month of potentially dangerous temps over the course of a year.
Because of that potential threat, keeping cool in the state is not a luxury as we look towards the future, it's an absolutely essential part of building resilience.
Wet bulb is serious, but I don't think it's a run-away-screaming level of threat. It's a threat for which we can prepare.