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- The Climate-Grain Production Relationship Quantified Mon, 9 Sep 13, 1:42amGuest essay by David Archibald There is now consensus that the Sun has now entered a quiet period. The first paper from the solar physics community predicting the current quiet period was Schatten and Tobiska’s 2003 paper...
- The US Corn Belt and the summer chill Wed, 14 Aug 13, 2:27pmGuest essay by David Archibald A correspondent in the Corn Belt emailed on 10th August: “Here in north central Illinois at exit 56 on I-80, most of the corn was planted by May 15...
- Further to a 1740-type event Sat, 6 Jul 13, 6:00amGuest essay by David Archibald This post drew attention to the similarity between the recent warm decades and the period leading up to the extremely cold year of 1740...