An explanation of what is going on. With less protein in leaves, caterpillars must munch more leaves to survive.
Global Greening’ Sounds Good. In the Long Run, It’s Terrible. 0718.rtf - More photosynthesis doesn’t mean more food. Extra CO2 can make plants less nutritious. More plants won’t prevent climate change. If respiration catches up ith photosynthesis, this huge carbon reservoir could spill back into our air.
Why More CO2 May Not Lead to More-Productive Crops 0518.rtf
Antarctic Ice Reveals Earth’s Accelerating Plant Growth 0417.rtf
Global Greening May Soak Up Less CO2 than Projected 0317.rtf
Global Warming May Not Be So Great for Plant Life, after All 0615.rtf - gain range near poles, but lose far more in tropics
Findings Cast Doubt on Plant Benefits from Rising CO2 - 0515.rtf
Duke Tree CO2 Fertilize 0204.rtf
More CO2 Yields Growth Spurt, then Decline 0412.rtf - Yields run up against other limiting factors, especially nitrogen.
More CO2 Cuts Plant Protein 0408.rtf
Carbon Emissions Help Make Earth Greener 0613.rtf
CO2 & Temp Effect on Peanut Forage 0205.pdf
Heavy Rains Devastate Crops in China’s Northeastern Grain Basket 0823.rtf
Canada’s Record Rains Cut Wheat Acreage to 3-Year Low 0714.rtf
Failure to Prevent Floods Could Push Up British Food Prices 0713.rtf
Extreme Weather Threatens Canadian Economy 0713.rtf
Farmers Fail to Feed UK After Extreme Weather Hits Wheat Crop 0613.rtf
A.I. Is Helping Cut Food Waste and Lots of GHG Emissions 0424.rtf
Shrunken Mississippi River Slows US Food Exports When World Needs Them Most 1122.rtf
Diverse Microbes Are Key to Healthy Soil. Climate Change Is Threatening That. 0722.rtf
A Wild, Windy Spring Is Creating a Soil Erosion Nightmare for Farmers 0622.rtf
How Climate Change Could Make Your Food Less Safe to Eat 0519.rtf
Geo-Engineering Problem - Dimming the Sky Won’t Save the World’s Harvests 0818.rtf
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Scientists Examine Threats to Food Security if We Meet Paris Climate Targets 0418.rtf
Changing Climate Could Worsen Foods’ Nutrition 0317.rtf
Earth Has Lost 1:3 of Arable Land in Past 40 Years 1215.rtf
How California's Drought Is Sweetening This Year's Produce 0915.rtf
The Complex Relationship between Agriculture and Climate Change 0715.rtf
Global Warming May Not Be So Great for Plant Life, after All 0615.rtf - gain range near poles, but lose far more in tropics
Crop-Loss Farmers Sell Their Children to Survive 0515.rtf
Farming Absorbs 22% of Cost of Disasters in Developing Countries 0315.rtf
Success of ‘Land Sparing' Will Depend on Global Economics, Regulations 1214.rtf
Western Diet's Spread Bad for Health, Climate? It Doesn't Have to Happen 1114.rtf
Kale or Fracking? Farmers and Corporations Fight It Out for Water 1114.rtf
More Than 40% of China's Arable Land Degraded 1114.rtf
Getting Beyond Just Wheat, Corn and Rice 0514.rtf
World Food Security at Risk as Variety of Crops Shrinks 0314.rtf
Tech Experts Work to Help Farms Weather Climate Effects 1113.rtf
Role of Various Foods in Climate Change 1209.doc
Soil Carbon Is Just Blowing in the Wind 0813.rtf
Great Lakes Area Draws World Attention for Food 0713.rtf
In Mekong Delta, Rice Boom Has Steep Environmental Cost 0713.rtf
Can the United States Feed China? 0311.rtf
World Fish Catch Falls Another 2% 1112.rtf
Wild Rice Gene Boosts Yields 0812.rtf
Bumper 2011 Grain Harvest Fails to Rebuild Global Stocks 0112.rtf
Trees Boost African Crop Yields 1011.rtf
Wheat Genome May Help Tackle Food Shortages 0810.rtf
Nile Delta Becoming Poisoned by Salt Water Intrusion 0110.rtf
Forests to Fall for Food and Fuel 0708.rtf
Great Food Crisis of 2011 0111.rtf
Warmer Climate Threatens Africa’s Vital Cassava Crop 0513.rtf
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