Planting more trees could cut carbon by 25%
Scientists now know where to start restoring the forests to soak up carbon and cool the planet, by planting more trees on unused land
Read article: Planting more trees could cut carbon by 25%
Read article: Planting more trees could cut carbon by 25%
Sorghum yields in Ethiopian highlands could fall by 40%
More intense El Niños could bring more early-season droughts
Read article: Sorghum yields in Ethiopian highlands could fall by 40%
Ancient water-saving can help modern Peru
Ancient water-saving methods may help Lima, Peru’s capital, through its water crisis, caused by climate change and population growth
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Biochar could boost US crops
Charcoal made from plant remains improves soil and offers gains in yield
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Climate impact of aircraft contrails could treble by mid-century
Lowering soot emissions from jet engines could help reduce cloud formation
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Ice-free Greenland possible in 1000 years
Look far enough ahead and in a millennium an ice-free Greenland is a possibility, scientists say. Sea levels too will be a lot higher by then
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Long vehicle-lifetimes would exacerbate rollback of CAFE fuel-efficiency standards
US plans to relax rules could bring extra 2.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
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Farmers must change to feed world up to 2050
Massive investment in adaptation needed to keep crop supplies adequate as climate changes
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Post-Soviet food system changes led to greenhouse gas reductions
Collapse in livestock sector brought widespread agricultural abandonment
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Very heavy rain bouts are on the way
Here is the long-term forecast. Rain will become more torrential, flash floods more frequent. Very heavy rain is a simple response to global temperatures
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