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How will crops fare under climate change?
Posted by SPX: None Given on August 21st, 2013
SPX: Under the hotter, wetter conditions projected by the climate scenarios they used, the empirical model estimated that maize production could drop by 3.6 percent, while wheat output could increase by 6.2 percent. Meanwhile, the mechanistic model calculated that maize and wheat yields might go up by 6.5 and 15.2 percent, respectively.
The damage scientists expect climate change to do to crop yields can differ greatly depending on which type of model was used to make those projections, according to...
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The effect of climate change on iceberg production by Greenland glaciers
Posted by SPX: None Given on May 13th, 2013
SPX: While the impact of climate change on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet has been widely studied, a clear understanding of the key process of iceberg production has eluded researchers for many years.
Published in Nature this week, a new study presents a sophisticated computer model that provides a fresh insight into the impact of climate change on the production of icebergs by Greenland glaciers, and reveals that the shape of the ground beneath the ice has a strong effect on its movement....
Australia: Climate change threatens endangered freshwater turtle
Posted by SPX: None Given on July 8th, 2011
SPX: The Mary river turtle (Elusor macrurus), which is restricted to only one river system in Australia, will suffer from multiple problems if temperatures predicted under climate change are reached, researchers from the University of Queensland have shown.
The scientists, who are presenting their work at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual conference in Glasgow on 3rd July 2011, incubated turtle eggs at 26, 29 and 32 degrees C. Young turtles which developed under the highest temperature showed...