The hydroelectric dams in question are not just sources of renewable energy; they are also vital contributors to grid inertia.
Tag: wheat
If We Imagine Really Bad Stuff, It Might Affect Crop Yields.
…use large ensembles to generate plausible unprecedented events, which can inform our assessment of the risk to crops
Record Agricultural Yields Should Allay Climate Fear
In fact, globally, there has been a steady increase in yields of wheat as measured in tons per hectare, with some of the highest being in China.
How Fast-Growing Algae Could Enhance Growth Of Food Crops
A new study provides a framework to boost crop growth by incorporating a strategy adopted from a fast-growing species of green algae.
Gizmodo: US Wheat Crop Devastated… Because Climate Change
Guest “Gizmodo must be Latin for ‘dumb as a shoe’” by David Middleton EARTHEREXTREME WEATHERThe U.S. Wheat Crop Is in TroubleSpring wheat could see some of its lowest wheat yields…
World Wheat Crop Heads For New Record
IMPROVED late-season yield prospects in greater Europe and Australia have lifted the estimate for global wheat production by 5.9 million tonnes (Mt) from the previous Agricultural Market Information Systems (AMIS)…
Wheat myth debunked
The pervasive myth that intensive breeding has made modern wheat cultivars weaker and more dependent on pesticides and fertilisers is debunked by a major new study University of Queensland The…
European wheat lacks climate resilience
From EurekAlert! Public Release: 26-Dec-2018 European wheat lacks climate resilience European farmers need to take a new course with regard to ensuring climate-resilience of important crops such as wheat Aarhus…
Millions may face protein deficiency as a result of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions
From Eurekalert Public Release: 2-Aug-2017 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Key Takeaways: Human-caused carbon dioxide emissions lower the nutritional value of staple crops, increasing the risk for dietary…
Norway's wheat production impacted by Climate Change
Guest essay by David Archibald A correspondent in Oslo writes: “The official view in Norway is in contrast to what the people experience because of cooling weather: Late spring gives…
Do Increasing Temperatures Lower Crop Yields?
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I keep reading these claims that we’re all going to starve because of global warming. People say it’s going to be the death of agriculture,…
Wild about grains and global warming
This makes me wonder, since most of the world’s food supply is from cultivated grains, as opposed to wild ones, and since yields have been increasing thanks to selective breeding…
The newest green slogan
No Food for Oil! The new green biofuels slogan. A friend of mine, Lon Glazner, runs a blog about things in my hometown. We joke around a lot, the image above…
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