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Showing posts with label crops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crops. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Water stress critical factor in reduced crop yield due to Global Warming

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High temperatures over several days or more for a crop such as corn (maize) can reduce the crop yield substantially. But new crop research r...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

Climate change driving US Drought conditions towards a megadrought?

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The widespread and persistent drought in the US during 2011-2012 has expanded according to the US Drought Monitor as reported on Climate C...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

World Food Day: Global Warming too hot for chocolate? Cocoa farming and Climate Change

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Do you fancy a bit of chocolate every now and then? Perhaps a hot cup of drinking chocolate and milk before going to bed? or a few small pi...
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Friday, July 8, 2011

The US 'normal climate' just got hotter

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For the USA the 'normal climate' just got warmer. Every decade the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) updates a ...
Friday, May 14, 2010

Rising atmospheric Carbon Dioxide levels threaten crop yields and food security

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Crop yields are under threat from rising carbon dioxide emissions with climate change, according to new scientific research. In a new study ...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

USA: Climate Change likely to severely damage U.S. crop yields

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Higher temperatures caused by the changing climate are likely to have a devastating effect on crop yields. Corn, soybeans and cotton are th...