The reimagined world map of agriculture includes large new farming areas for many major crops around the cornbelt in the mid-western US, and below the Sahara desert.
Relocating Farmland Could Turn Back Clock Twenty Years on Carbon Emissions
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Hawaiian Corals Show Surprising Resilience to Warming Oceans
A long-term study of Hawaiian coral species provides a surprisingly optimistic view of how they might survive warmer and more acidic oceans resulting from climate change.
Tropical Carbon Loss Has Doubled Due to Forest Clearance
Researchers using multiple high-resolution satellite observations have found that carbon loss has more than doubled since 2001 due to forest clearance across the tropics.
Study: Ice Flow Is More Sensitive to Stress Than Previously Thought
The rate of glacier ice flow is more sensitive to stress than previously calculated, according to a new study by MIT researchers that upends a decades-old equation used to describe ice flow.
Climate Change ‘A Mounting Threat to Our Wellbeing'
Despite efforts to reduce the risks, changes in the Earth’s climate caused by human activity are affecting the lives of billions of people, according to a major international report published today.
Heat Stress for Cattle May Cost Billions by Century’s End
Looming climate change may be economically hard for low-income cattle farmers in poor countries due to increasing heat stress on the animals.
