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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] [Fwd: New Scientist article snips]
  • Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:52:54 -0700



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Subject: New Scientist article snips
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:06:22 -0500
From: Mike Miller <mmiller@PCSIA.NET>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994072

snip

"It (EU report) showed a prolonged drought was causing drastic changes in
agricultural output, especially in southern Europe. And the changes almost
perfectly match predictions of the effects of global warming over the next
century.

Meanwhile in the US, the latest forecasts are confirming that, whatever the
prevarications of the Bush administration, climate change will have a very
real impact on the country.

The eastern and western seaboards of the US will become much wetter over the
next century, while some central states will become so starved of water that
they will be unable to support agriculture at all."

snip

"In the US, analysis by a team at the Joint Global Change Research Institute
- a collaboration between the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the
University of Maryland in College Park - predicts that rainfall will increase
across much of the country, especially towards the end of this century.

"The eastern part is likely to be the wettest," says lead researcher César
Izaurralde. Overall, the team expects global warming to deliver better yields
to US farmers.

But Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska are just some of the central states that
could suffer drought, the researchers say in two papers published in June
this year (Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol 117, p 73 and p 97).

Both groups of researchers warn that the recent heatwave is a salutary
warning of the changes to come. "It's dangerous to push these things under
the carpet because we need to start planning now for the impacts of climate
change," says Olesen. Izaurralde agrees. "It's not too soon to begin building
a more resilient agricultural system."







  • [permaculture] [Fwd: New Scientist article snips], Lawrence F. London, Jr., 08/24/2003

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