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A year of extremes: severe snow storms, drought and floods ravaged US in 2015
2015-12-27 05:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: 2015 has been the warmest year, globally, on record, with the lower 48 states of the US experiencing their balmiest autumn ever measured. This kind of exceptional heat provided an appropriate setting for the Paris climate summit, where 196 nations agreed to curb greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the sort of dangerous climate change that contributes to floods, drought and damaging sea level rises. But the past year has also seen a number of severe natural disasters, climate change-fueled or...
Looking forward: Fertilizer strategy, climate extremes, water management
2015-12-21 23:04:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
I like to take time every December to reflect on the past year, as well as weigh changes for the coming year and beyond. I know there are big profit challenges ahead while facing greater weather extremes. Think Different read more
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Weather extremes spur farmers' interest in cover crops
2015-11-21 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Weather extremes have reignited farmers' interest in planting cover crops, a traditional farming practice that is gaining renewed popularity in Kansas and other states as a way to help combat climate change and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to it. A New York-based environmental group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, released a report Thursday on the benefits of cover crops typically non-commodities that protect the soil between harvests of cash crops. The practice...
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Study finds weather extremes harmful to grasslands
2015-09-30 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Fluctuations in extreme weather events, such as heavy rains and droughts, are affecting ecosystems in unexpected ways -- creating "winners and losers" among plant species that humans depend upon for food. Arizona State University investigators conducted a six-year experiment on the effects of climatic variability on desert grassland. The study revealed that when unpredictable weather patterns create alternating wet and dry years, ecosystem productivity declines -- mostly because grasses diminish,...
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Study sees 'new normal' how climate change affect weather extremes
2015-06-22 17:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Every time the world witnesses a weather related disaster -- most recently, extreme flooding in Texas and Oklahoma and a deadly heatwave in India -- the attribution battle begins. Some scientists and commentators seek to explain how the event could have been worsened by climate change, even as others scoff and dismiss the connection. Meanwhile, researchers turn to climate modeling studies and other approaches to formally examine whether the odds of a given event had shifted in a warmer climate...
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