Corn and Drought Conditions – July 17, 2012
STOCKS FALL, CORN SURGES: Here’s What You Need To Know – Sam Ro (Business Insider) DJ U.S. CORN: Trading Up On Drought, Worse Crop Condition Ratings – Dow Jones Commodities News (TradingCharts.com)...
View ArticleU.S. Drought Conditions Still Severe – July 19, 2012
Updated U.S. Drought Map (U.S. Drought Portal) Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack on the worst drought in decades- Interview by Jeremy Hobson (Marketplace.com) High Corn Prices Will Raise Food Prices (Live...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Drought Update – July 23, 2012
Drought – Miles from Midwest, N.C. consumers will see effects – Kellen Moore (WataugaDemocrat.com) National drought a double-edged sword for NC farmers – Cliff Pyron (WWAY News Channel 3) Drought...
View ArticleDrought, Corn and Food Prices – July 25, 2012
5 notable U.S. droughts – Alanna Byrne (Futures Magazine) As Drought Marches on, Can Chicagoans Help Save 10,000 Trees? Zak Stone (GOOD) US politicians must regulate finance to tackle the drought and...
View ArticleThe U.S. Drought and its Consequences on Food Prices
Updated U.S. Drought Map (U.S. Drought Portal) Food inflation may rise to 3% to 4% in 2013 after drought – Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg (Futures Magazine) Farmers may gain amid drought with U.S.-backed...
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Map of U.S. Counties Designated as Disaster Areas
A large number of counties in the U.S. have been officially declared as disaster areas due to the current drought. Is your county on the list?
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The Wild Wild Weather
click to enlarge Temperatures on the Earth’s surface and moisture levels in the atmosphere have been on the rise. These two factors might be at the root of the drastic change in weather patterns...
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Record Warm Temperatures Registered in 2012
click to enlarge Temperatures for the U.S. contiguous states in 2012 were 1 degree Fahrenheit warmer than the previous record temperatures of 1998. Based on preliminary data the National Oceanic and...
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Drought Severity by Country (1901 – 2008)
This map shows drought severity, measured as the product of the average length of a drought occurrence and how dry it was the drought. This visualization is based on data collected for the period...
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Economic and Human Impact of Natural Disasters
This visualization by the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) shows the impact of natural disasters in the period 2000-2012. Between 2009 and 2011 the economic cost of disasters...
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