[MCN] Nature: Farming as the place warms up

[Lance Olsen]

NATURE | NEWS FEATURE
Quest for climate-proof farms
21 July 2015
Nature 523, 396-397 (23 July 2015) doi:10.1038/523396a
Climate change is a major threat to food 
production, so researchers are working with 
farmers to make agriculture more resilient.
Quirin Schiermeier

Excerpt:

"It is utterly important that planners in each 
region and each locality will have all the 
knowledge in place that they need," she says. 
"There are no dumb farmers, but farmers focus on 
present realities. We must leave no stone 
unturned to help them plan for a hotter future."


Full news report here:
http://www.nature.com/news/quest-for-climate-proof-farms-1.18015

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"Š the race between climate dynamics and  climate 
policy will be a close one Š." and " Š requires 
an industrial revolution for sustainability 
starting now." 

Hans Joachim Schellenhuber.
"Global warming: Stop worrying, start panicking?"
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 
September 23, 2008  vol. 105  no. 38



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