Altered Precipitation
The amount, type, and timing of precipitation across the United States influences vegetative distribution and productivity. Changes in precipitation regimes in a changing climate, are expected to challenge land managers and producers with short- and long-term planning under greater variability and threats to working land sustainability. Likely threats include increased runoff, flooding, erosion, landslides and susceptibility to pests, decreased soil moisture and productivity, and earlier snowmelt. The USDA Climate Hubs are working with land managers to develop and implement practices to minimize the associated impacts of increasing precipitation variability.
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Extreme Short-duration Rainfall Events in Spring Growing Larger and Happening More Often
To date, many studies worldwide have assessed changes in subhourly rainfall extremes. But only a few of these studies…
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Specialty Crops and Climate Change in the Midwest
Climate change is impacting specialty crops in the Midwest is unique ways. Explore resources and learn more.
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Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Midwest Agriculture
Explore the extent of climate change in your state, hear how these changes are affecting agriculture, and learn about…
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Drought Assessment in a Changing Climate Technical Memo
Technical memo from a working meeting that discusses challenges and needed research to assess drought in a changing…
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A Storm is Brewing: Climate Change and Coastal Storms in Western Alaska
As ocean temperatures rise and sea ice declines, intense storms are likely to have a more significant impact on western…
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Atmospheric Rivers in the Northwest
Atmospheric rivers are an important source of water, but they may cause more damage with climate change.
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Turn the Tap: A Focus on Soil Moisture Education
To help farmers improve their irrigation efficiency and gain greater knowledge on how to monitor soil moisture…
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Daily runoff forecasting in agricultural watersheds: A promising tool for nutrient management
When rainfall occurs shortly after nutrient application, nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus can be quickly…
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Vulnerability Assessments of U.S. Agriculture and Forests (2018)
Two special issues in the journal Climatic Change feature vulnerability assessments of agriculture and forestry across…