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How will crops fare under climate change?

2013-08-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SPX: Under the hotter, wetter conditions projected by the climate scenarios they used, the empirical model estimated that maize production could drop by 3.6 percent, while wheat output could increase by 6.2 percent. Meanwhile, the mechanistic model calculated that maize and wheat yields might go up by 6.5 and 15.2 percent, respectively. The damage scientists expect climate change to do to crop yields can differ greatly depending on which type of model was used to make those projections, according to...

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How Will Crops Fare Under Climate Change? Depends On How You Ask

2013-08-16 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: The damage scientists expect climate change to do to crop yields can differ greatly depending on which type of model was used to make those projections, according to research based at Princeton University. The problem is that the most dire scenarios can loom large in the minds of the public and policymakers, yet neither audience is usually aware of how the model itself influenced the outcome, the researchers said. The report in the journal Global Change Biology is one of the first to compare the...

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Cubic wins fare collection service contract extension from LA Metro

2013-08-15 01:00:00| Railway Technology

Cubic Transportation Systems has secured a $54.5m contract extension from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) in California, US, to offer system support services for its mass transit fare collection equipment.

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