Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Hotter, Drier, Meaner: Trends Point to a Planet Increasingly Hostile to Agriculture


By Douglas Fischer - De. 5'11 The Daily Climate 
A host of data – from sediment cores to ongoing drought in East Africa to computer models – point to one conclusion: Our increasingly hotter, drier planet is going to be a tough place to farm. Details here.
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