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The price of oranges, for example, has increased by 26% since 2019 due to rising labor costs, lingering supply chain issues, ...
The agricultural sector is facing the daunting challenge of climate change, which is not only impacting crop yields but also altering the quality attributes ...
Modern farming practices rely heavily on synthetic fertilizers, diesel-powered machinery, and long-haul transport, all of ...
NASA reported in 2021 that decreases in global food supplies related to climate change could be apparent by 2030. But agriculture also may be part of the solution to countering the increases in ...
A recent lead article at WebMD, “Will Climate Change Cause Food Sources to Dwindle?” should have been titled “Climate Change Will Cause Food Sources to Dwindle,” instead. It did nothing more than ...
Climate change could have dire consequences for agriculture. According to the EPA, as temperatures rise, both the productivity and nutritional value of crops may decrease.
There should be no enemies in this scenario; working together is the only solution. Third, we are not doing enough to help production agriculture understand and prepare for climate change.
Journal Reference: Charlotte L. Outhwaite, Peter McCann, Tim Newbold. Agriculture and climate change are reshaping insect biodiversity worldwide. Nature, 2022; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04644-x ...
Concerns about the impacts of global climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have substantially increased in recent years. Polling evidence indicates that this shift has been widespread ...
He sits on the Climate Change Adaptation workgroup to collaborate on research and extension projects specific to climate change adaptation. He can discuss climate issues related to urban horticulture.
Separating the physical, policy and peripheral impacts of climate change on agriculture provides a useful framework for communicating with farmers, especially those who are sceptical of the science.
Studies of how climate change might affect agriculture generally look only at crop yields -- the amount of product harvested from a given unit of land. But climate change may also influence how ...