Read article: Biochar could boost US crops
Biochar could boost US crops
Charcoal made from plant remains improves soil and offers gains in yield
Read article: Biochar could boost US crops
Read article: Climate impact of aircraft contrails could treble by mid-century
Climate impact of aircraft contrails could treble by mid-century
Lowering soot emissions from jet engines could help reduce cloud formation
Read article: Ice-free Greenland possible in 1000 years
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
Read article: Long vehicle-lifetimes would exacerbate rollback of CAFE fuel-efficiency standards
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
Read article: Farmers must change to feed world up to 2050
Farmers must change to feed world up to 2050
Massive investment in adaptation needed to keep crop supplies adequate as climate changes
Read article: Post-Soviet food system changes led to greenhouse gas reductions
Post-Soviet food system changes led to greenhouse gas reductions
Collapse in livestock sector brought widespread agricultural abandonment
Read article: Very heavy rain bouts are on the way
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
Read article: Farmers adapting for ‘weather variability’ not climate change
Farmers adapting for ‘weather variability’ not climate change
Advisers working with farms on disaster and crop loss issues often less likely to believe in anthropogenic global warming
Read article: Arctic sea ice loss affects the jet stream
Arctic sea ice loss affects the jet stream
The jet stream affects northern hemisphere climates. And global warming affects the behaviour of the jet stream. Prepare for yet more extremes of seasonal weather
Read article: South Asian monsoon ‘predictable’ one year in advance
South Asian monsoon ‘predictable’ one year in advance
Farmers could benefit from comparison of statistical forecasts
