By CIRCulator Editorial Staff Reprinted from: The Climate CIRCulator SOMETIMES A SIMPLE APPROACH works pretty well. That’s what CIRC PI John Abatzoglou at University of Idaho and his colleagues found when they held a scoring contest to gauge the streamflow estimating power of four drought indices in the Pacific Northwest — something that, of course, […]
By David Schmidt Reprinted from: Animal Ag Likely true, but what does this mean? This first graph shows temperature over time with a general lack of increase in warming since 1998. This past week I had the rare opportunity to meet someone who “wrote the book.” This has never happened to me before. Unfortunately, I did […]
By Chad Kruger Reprinted from: WSU CSANR Perspectives on Sustainability In two prior posts (threats and variability), based on our research, I have argued that climate change is not likely to be a major cause for concern for agricultural production in the Pacific Northwest until at least mid-century. A little bit of warming and a […]
