Extreme climatic conditions could lead to an increased risk of unusually low agricultural harvests if more than one global breadbasket is affected by adverse climate conditions at the same time.
Climate Change and the Threat to Global Breadbaskets
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Urban Growth Causes More Biodiversity Loss Outside of Cities
In a rapidly urbanising world, the conversion of natural habitats into urban areas leads to a significant loss of biodiversity in cities.
Volcano F is the Origin of the Floating Stones
Since August a large accumulation of pumice has been drifting in the Southwest Pacific towards Australia.
Conserve Now or Pay Later? New Study Compares Floodplain Protection Today to Predicted Future Flood Losses
A new study by scientists from The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the University of Bristol and flood analytics company Fathom, seeks to answer an important question related to flooding in the United States – pay now to protect undeveloped areas that are likely to flood in the future or allow developments to go ahead and pay for damage when it occurs.
Corals Survive to Tell the Tale of Earth’s Newest Island Eruption
Scientists say coral reefs on a tiny island in the South Pacific have shown incredible resilience and recovery from a recent but very severe disturbance: a volcanic eruption that created a new island.
Newly Identified Jet-Stream Pattern Could Imperil Global Food Supplies, Says Study
Scientists have identified systematic meanders in the globe-circling northern jet stream that have caused simultaneous crop-damaging heat waves in widely separated breadbasket regions–a previously unquantified threat to global food production that, they say, could worsen with global warming.
