Saturday, October 15, 2011

The implications of climate change

What are the implications of climate change for farmers in the western Corn Belt?
University of Nebraska professor of climate modeling Dr. Robert Oglesby says models show the Great Plains will be warming by several degrees over the rest of this century—with precipitation staying about the same.
But Oglesby says a bigger concern for the Great Plains region is predictions for warmer and drier conditions in the West—especially the Rocky Mountains—which could result in much reduced stream

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