http://www.agrometeorology.org Climate change, causes and impacts daily 1 2011-11-24T18:17:25Z http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/rising-temperature-difference-between-hemispheres-could-dramatically-shift-rainfall-patterns-in-tropics One often ignored consequence of global climate change is that the Northern Hemisphere is becoming warmer than the Southern Hemisphere, which could significantly alter tropical precipitation patterns, according to a new study by climatologists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Washington, Seattle. No publisher admin 2013-04-08T07:02:44Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/climate-forcing-growth-rates-doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain Climate forcing growth rates: doubling down on our Faustian bargain. No publisher admin 2013-03-28T14:48:57Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/many-of-europes-rainfall-trends-will-not-be-clear-until-late-this-century The effects of greenhouse gases on precipitation are much harder to predict than those on temperature. But information about future rainfall is vital for planners. Now a German researcher has calculated when we will be able to distinguish the effect of climate change on European rainfall from the effects of natural variability. No publisher admin 2013-03-26T09:17:34Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/carbon-dioxide-could-reduce-crop-yields High-yielding dwarf plant varieties lose their advantage due to increasing carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere. No publisher admin 2013-03-26T09:16:30Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/nature-climate-change-action-by-2020-key-for-limiting-climate-change Limiting climate change to target levels will become much more difficult to achieve, and more expensive, if action is not taken soon, according to a new analysis from IIASA, ETH Zurich, and NCAR. No publisher admin 2012-12-20T14:08:51Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/why-was-summer-2009-so-cool-in-parts-of-asia-and-north-america While summer 2009 saw heatwaves across Europe and drought in India, parts of northern Central Asia, East Asia and central North America experienced unseasonably low temperatures and above normal rainfall. No publisher admin 2012-12-20T13:16:48Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/doha-climate-change-deal-clears-way-for-damage-aid-to-poor-nations From the Guardian. Poor countries have won historic recognition of the plight they face from the ravages of climate change, wringing a pledge from rich nations that they will receive funds to repair the "loss and damage" incurred. No publisher admin 2012-12-18T10:52:19Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/dismay-at-agriculture-impasse-in-un-climate-talks Farmers, researchers and policy makers expressed their disappointment on Monday that progress towards including agriculture in the U.N. climate talks has stalled, with little hope of getting it back onto the agenda at the negotiations in Qatar. No publisher admin 2012-12-18T10:49:24Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/global-warming-threatens-agricultural-productivity-in-africa-and-south-asia The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC; Christensen et al. 2007) has, with greater confidence than previous reports, warned the international community that the increase in anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions will result in global climate change. No publisher admin 2012-11-09T08:00:32Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/rise-in-temperatures-and-co2-follow-each-other-closely-in-climate-change The greatest climate change the world has seen in the last 100,000 years was the transition from the ice age to the warm interglacial period. New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen indicates that, contrary to previous opinion, the rise in temperature and the rise in the atmospheric CO2 follow each other closely in terms of time. The results have been published in the scientific journal, Climate of the Past. No publisher admin 2012-07-26T12:14:21Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/new-report-assesses-impact-of-climate-change-on-forest-diseases Climate change is projected to have far-reaching environmental impacts both domestically and abroad. A recently published report by the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) examines the impact of climate change on forest diseases and how these pathogens will ultimately affect forest ecosystems in the Western United States and Canada. No publisher admin 2012-04-19T13:58:46Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/nasa-scientist-climate-change-is-a-moral-issue-on-a-par-with-slavery From the Guardian. Averting the worst consequences of human-induced climate change is a "great moral issue" on a par with slavery, according to the leading Nasa climate scientist Prof. Jim Hansen. No publisher admin 2012-04-13T08:11:24Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/quality-control-of-climate-models-can-help-predict-future-rainfall Will cotton farmers in India still be able to rely on the south-west monsoon by 2020? Will the Corn Belt in the Midwestern United States become wetter or drier? Are European rivers more likely to burst their banks and cause significant floods? These are important questions that need answering to prepare for climate change. So can climate models provide the answers? No publisher admin 2012-02-17T13:08:15Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/the-good-news-about-carbon-storage-in-tropical-vegetation A study published in Nature Climate Change today finds that tropical vegetation contains 21 percent more carbon than previous studies had suggested. Using a combination of remote sensing and field data, scientists from Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC), Boston University, and the University of Maryland were able to produce the first "wall-to-wall" map (with a spatial resolution of 500 m × 500 m) of carbon storage of forests, shrublands, and savannas in the tropics of Africa, Asia, and South America. No publisher admin 2012-02-12T10:06:24Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/topics/climate-change/earths-energy-budget-remained-out-of-balance-despite-unusually-low-solar-activity A new NASA study underscores the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity – not changes in solar activity – are the primary force driving global warming. No publisher admin 2012-02-09T14:50:47Z News Item