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Clearing Rainforests Distorts Global Rainfall & Agriculture, Study Says

2014-12-18 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Clearing forests not only releases carbon into the atmosphere, it also triggers worldwide shifts in rainfall and temperatures that are just as potent as those caused by current carbon pollution and that pose great risk to future agricultural productivity, researchers report. Deforestation in South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa may alter growing conditions in agricultural areas as far away as the U.S. Midwest, Europe, and China, the study in Nature Climate Change finds. The researchers calculate...

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Tropical deforestation could disrupt rainfall globally

2014-12-18 18:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Large-scale deforestation in the tropics could drive significant and widespread shifts in rainfall distribution and temperatures, potentially affecting agriculture both locally and far from where forest loss is occurring, concludes a study published today in Nature Climate Change. The research, authored by Deborah Lawrence and Karen Vandecar of the University of Virginia, is based on a review of several studies that measured and modeled the impacts of tropical forest clearance in different geographies...

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Greenhouse Gases Linked To Past African Rainfall

2014-12-08 03:35:36| pollutiononline Home Page

New research demonstrates for the first time that an increase in greenhouse gas concentrations thousands of years ago was a key factor in causing substantially more rainfall in two major regions of Africa

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India: River linking could alter rainfall, hit monsoon, expert warns

2014-12-05 09:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Times of India: Criticizing the interlinking of rivers (ILR) project of the Indian government, a leading geologist and environmental expert on Friday warned the move could disrupt rainfall pattern which could be a significant issue in the wake of climate change. "There is a major disruption of ecosystem. In view of climate change there is a possibility of change in pattern of rainfall," V Rajamani, an emeritus professor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, told IANS here on the sidelines of a programme....

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