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Avatar for Paul Rusnak Posted by Paul Rusnak|February 24, 2020
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There’s not much blue to see on this map. Scientists say last month was Earth’s warmest January on record.

According to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, there has never been a warmer January around the world than last month – well, at least in the last 141 years of recordkeeping.

The January global land and ocean surface temperature was the highest on record at 2.05°F above the 20th-century average. This surpassed the record set in January 2016 by 0.04°.

Above-normal heat making headlines has been a trend for some time. 2019 turned out to be the second-hottest year on record across the globe, with the period between 2010-2019 the hottest decade ever recorded.

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Paul Rusnak is the Senior Online Editor of American Vegetable Grower, American Fruit Grower, and Greenhouse Grower magazines, all Meister Media Worldwide brands. He is based in Northeast Florida. See all author stories here.

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Avatar for Thor Thor says:
February 24, 2020 at 4:25 pm

I would say warmer temperatures And rise is co2 levels has led to record yeald production on less farming average the world has ever known.

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Avatar for Rob Rob says:
February 27, 2020 at 8:26 am

All parts of nature are cyclical. We have changes and cycles continually. We are heated by a flaming ball in the sky- has anyone ever seen an open fire that kept an exact temperature during the entire length of burn? We will just have to deal with the effects of it. The best I can understand, it is much better than an ice age- which would mean death to us all. Also I can see that a growing world population could benefit from a longer growing season, with more double cropping. Furthermore, looking at pictures and comparisons from space, the world is becoming greener, with more lush foliage, which speaks to the productivity of slightly warmer weather and a slightly higher carbon content of the air. Seems to me this is a good thing for most farmers- the ones most negatively effected will be those who are farming a crop in a zone on the edge of its range- which seems to not be the best business model anyway. I mean- why grow a crop where it will perform poorly? The best farm model has always been to grow those crops that perform best in the locale, and ship to those areas that cannot grow the crop as well. There will be a learning curve going forward, but as far down the road as I can see, the benefits will outweigh the detriments.

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Avatar for Joe Franklin Joe Franklin says:
February 29, 2020 at 8:44 am

The warmer weather has provided us with an opportunity to grow Citrus in Georgia.

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Avatar for Nicholas Nicholas says:
March 3, 2020 at 12:53 pm

I had good yields last season, and I suspect that as we become more tropical in Southern Florida that will be the case. I haven’t had a low below 40 since February 2015. However, I am all too aware that a year like 2010 could happen again.

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