climate change Articles
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The Importance of MIMS in Soil Quality Monitoring for Future Agriculture and Climate Change
Introduction Soil quality is a pivotal factor in sustainable agriculture and combating climate change. The new European Union (EU) Soil Monitoring Law aims to address this by ensuring healthy soils across all member states by 2050. This legislation is part of the broader EU biodiversity strategy and European Green Deal, emphasizing the critical role of soil in achieving climate neutrality and a ...
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Forests, health and climate change
Forests are essential to our survival and well-being. Forests clean our air, our water, our soil and they regulate our climate, amongst many other things. Trees and forests are not always associated with urban landscapes. However, there too they provide invaluable, often invisible, services. Simply by acting as 'green oasis' in our concrete jungles, they offer recreation and health services for ...
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Post-Inaugural Reflections on the White House and Greenhouse Gases
Within an impassioned second inaugural address, President Barack Obama recently offered the following motivated remarks concerning climate change: “We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future ...
By All4 Inc.
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Study of the variation trend, abrupt behavior and relationship between climate and planting structure in a cold region of China: a case study of Heilongjiang Province
Climate change has changed planting structure greatly in cold regions. Studies are needed that understand the relationship between climate change and agriculture in cold regions and to serve as references for studies of the impact of climate change on agriculture in similar areas. This paper uses Heilongjiang Province as a case study; seven test methods and mutual information were used to ...
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Improving fish farmers’ climate change adaptation strategies through information utilisation in Akinyele local government area of Oyo State, Nigeria: implication for sustainable fish production
This paper assesses the information utilisation by fish farmers on climate change adaptation strategies with the view of improving their adaptation to climate change and as well increasing fish production in Nigeria. A survey was carried out to obtain data from the farmers. The data collected were analysed by using frequency count, mean and percentage. Information that could have improved ...
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Central Asian irrigation sector in a climate change context: some reflections
According to expert opinion, the Central Asian region is likely to experience climate-induced changes with the irrigation sector being the most vulnerable to any change. Climate change impacts are interconnected with land use and socio-economic changes, and many other processes of a human–environmental system. Assessment and adequate information sharing play a critical role in decision ...
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Climate, vulnerability and farming: a preliminary study among Australian food growers
The present study examines climate change, vulnerability to climate, and other environmental challenges from the perspective of 80 horticulture operators from different Australian states. Vulnerability in the form of storms and droughts are respondents’ main environmental concerns; in some cases, the impact of wildlife displacement is affecting their production outputs. In addition, substantial ...
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EPA’s 2009 outlook for chemicals and pesticides
Climate change legislation and regulatory measures will be the dominant issue, and if attained, the signature environmental achievement of the Obama Administration. The issue will dominate all EPA operations, including those primarily focused on chemicals and pesticides, consume the time and attention of senior EPA leadership, and eclipse virtually all other issues for at least the first year. ...
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Climate change and wheat production in Argentina
The aim of this work is to assess the impact of past and future climate changes on wheat productivity in the Pampas region of Argentina. The study was based on long-term climatic and crop productivity data, regional climatic scenarios and a crop simulation model. Our results demonstrate that the potential wheat yield has been declining at increasing rates since 1930 mainly due to minimum ...
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Effect of climate change on potential evapotranspiration: a case study on Gharehsoo sub–basin, Iran
Potential evapotranspiration (ET0) as an important factor in hydrologic cycle has a key role in integrated watershed management practices. Moreover, study of the lack of precipitation with respect to ET0 is one of the main references in management of extreme events. In this study, Gharehsoo sub–basin as a part of Caspian Sea watershed located in Golestan province at Northern Iran is studied to ...
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Regenerative agriculture and climate change
The term “regenerative agriculture” is gaining prominence in climate-related conversations. It dates back to the 1980s when Robert Rodale coined the term, “regenerative organic agriculture” as way to express that organic should be more than simply avoiding chemical inputs. The term has been defined and re-defined by many different authors, sometimes describing very ...
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Climate Change Interview with Burts Potato Chips
Burts Potato Chips is a small crisp maker with big ideas on climate change. Its action plan shows you can do a lot with a small budget by investing in projects that contribute directly to your bottom line. Here, Jonty White, Director of Burts Potato Chips, tells us how about the business case behind his company’s response. White will be speaking on this topic along with representatives from ...
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Mapping of forest cover and assessment of ecosystems and ecosystem services related to local livelihoods
The municipality of Santa Cruz del Quiché, located in the Quiché Department of Guatemala, is characterized by degraded natural resources and a population highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. As part of the Partners for Resilience programme, Guatemalan Red Cross and Wetlands International conducted a study to map the forest cover and ecosystems of the Cucubá river ...
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Soil moisture and temperature dynamics in typical alpine ecosystems: a continuous multi-depth measurements-based analysis from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
Soil temperature and moisture are the key variables that control the overall effect of climate and topography on soil and vegetation in alpine regions. However, there has been little investigation of the potential soil temperature and moisture feedbacks on climate changes in different alpine ecosystems and their impact on vegetation change. Soil temperature and moisture at five depths were ...
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Cows and kin: innovations and issues in post-Soviet indigenous communities
In the wake of communism's fall, the majority of rural Russia's inhabitants were left without the state farm agricultural infrastructure that fed and employed them. Most adapted by innovating to create new forms that combined pre-Soviet subsistence practices with contemporary modes. This paper explores one group's innovation, 'cows-and-kin'. Viliui Sakha, the highest latitude horse and cattle ...
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New York Times: Can Dirt Save the Earth?
“To prevent carbon from causing misery and destruction, perhaps we just need to change its location. Perhaps we can find a way to pull it from the air and restore it to the earth,” writes the New York Times in a new article that features the research of SOIL’s longtime collaborator, Dr. Rebecca Ryals. The article documents recent groundbreaking studies into how improving the ...
By SOIL Haiti
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Adaptation and mitigation of climate change in vegetable cultivation: a review
Climate change is an unavoidable phenomenon of natural and anthropogenic origin against which mitigation and adaptation are required to reduce the magnitude of impact and vulnerability, to avoid risk in vegetable farming and to ensure sustainable livelihoods of the agricultural community. Genetic improvement of vegetable crops is an appropriate adaptation strategy to cope with climate change ...
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International chocolate company Giant lysimeters for cocoa irrigation research - Case Study
On of our biggest projects till now has been planning and installing a system of 24 giant lysimeters in a cocoa research farm. Due to climate changes cocoa plantations are struggling to adjust to the new conditions in the tropical areas. This lysimeter system was designed according to our clients needs, determined to find the best irrigation plan for cocoa plantations around the world. ...
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Simulating the Effect of Climate Change on Agriculture
Increased atmospheric CO2 levels and climate change are believed to contribute to extreme weather conditions, which is a major concern for many. And beyond extreme events, global warming is also predicted to affect agriculture.1,2 While climate change is expected to affect agriculture and reduce crop yields, the complete effects of climate change on agriculture and the resultant human food ...
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Circumpolar contamination in eggs of the high‐arctic ivory gull Pagophila eburnea
The ivory gull Pagophila eburnea is a high‐Arctic species threatened by climate change and contaminants. The objective of this study was to assess spatial variation of contaminant levels (organochlorines ‘OCs’, brominated flame retardants ‘BFRs’, perfluorinated alkyl substances ‘PFASs’, and mercury ‘Hg’) in ivory gulls breeding in different areas across the Arctic region as a baseline for ...
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