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Grant will help farmers deal with changes to climates

Gabriel — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:55:54 +0000

Purdue University researchers will get a $5 million grant to develop decision-support tools to help corn and soybean growers adapt their practices to changes in climate. “Today’s agricultural producers are able to grow more food on fewer acres of land to sustain a growing population,” said Purdue President France A. Córdova. “Successfully meeting this challenge […]

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Russian Boreal Forests Could Increase Global Warming

Gabriel — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:21:55 +0000

Russia’s boreal forest – the largest continuous expanse of forest in the world, found in the country’s cold northern regions – is undergoing an accelerating large-scale shift in vegetation types as a result of regionally and globally warming climate. That in turn is creating an even warmer climate in the region, according to a new […]

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Climate Change Makes Major Snowstorms More Likely

Gabriel — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:54:38 +0000

Global warming is “loading the dice” to increase the frequency of record-setting snowstorms like those that have pounded the United States and Europe the past two winters, according to Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). “Heavy snowstorms are not inconsistent with a warming planet,” said Jeff Masters, director of meteorology for the Weather Underground website. “In […]

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