Misc.
CO2 Fertilization
An explanation of what is going on. With less protein in leaves, caterpillars must munch more leaves to survive.
Articles
Global Greening’ Sounds Good. In the Long Run, It’s Terrible. 0718 - 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
Antarctic Ice Reveals Earth’s Accelerating Plant Growth 0417
Global Greening May Soak Up Less CO2 than Projected 0317
Global Warming May Not Be So Great for Plant Life, after All 0615 - gain range near poles, but lose far more in tropics
Findings Cast Doubt on Plant Benefits from Rising CO2 - 0515
Carbon Emissions Help Make Earth Greener 0613
More CO2 Yields Growth Spurt, then Decline 0412
Yields run up against other limiting factors, especially nitrogen.
More CO2 Cuts Plant Protein 0408
CO2 & Temp Effect on Peanut Forage 0205 - PDF
Agriculture & Ecosystems - IPCC 2001 - PDF, 108 pp
Flood Effects
Articles
Heavy Rains Devastate Crops in China’s Northeastern Grain Basket 0823
Canada’s Record Rains Cut Wheat Acreage to 3-Year Low 0714
Extreme Weather Threatens Canadian Economy 0713
Failure to Prevent Floods Could Push Up British Food Prices 0713
Farmers Fail to Feed UK After Extreme Weather Hits Wheat Crop 0613
Misc
Articles
A.I. Is Helping Cut Food Waste and Lots of GHG Emissions 0424
Shrunken Mississippi River Slows US Food Exports When World Needs Them Most 1122
Diverse Microbes Are Key to Healthy Soil. Climate Change Is Threatening That. 0722
A Wild, Windy Spring Is Creating a Soil Erosion Nightmare for Farmers 0622
How Climate Change Could Make Your Food Less Safe to Eat 0519
Geo-Engineering Problem - Dimming the Sky Won’t Save the World’s Harvests 0818
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Changing Climate Could Worsen Foods’ Nutrition 0317
Earth Has Lost 1/3 of Arable Land in Past 40 Years 1215
The Complex Relationship between Agriculture and Climate Change 0715
Global Warming May Not Be So Great for Plant Life, after All 0615 - gain range near poles, but lose far more in tropics
Crop-Loss Farmers Sell Their Children to Survive 0515
Farming Absorbs 22% of Cost of Disasters in Developing Countries 0315
Success of ‘Land Sparing' Will Depend on Global Economics, Regulations 1214
Western Diet's Spread Bad for Health, Climate? It Doesn't Have to Happen 1114
Kale or Fracking? Farmers and Corporations Fight It Out for Water 1114
More Than 40% of China's Arable Land Degraded 1114
Getting Beyond Just Wheat, Corn and Rice 0514
World Food Security at Risk as Variety of Crops Shrinks 0314
Tech Experts Work to Help Farms Weather Climate Effects 1113
Soil Carbon Is Just Blowing in the Wind 0813
Great Lakes Area Draws World Attention for Food 0713
In Mekong Delta, Rice Boom Has Steep Environmental Cost 0713
Warmer Climate Threatens Africa’s Vital Cassava Crop 0513
World Fish Catch Falls Another 2% 1112
Wild Rice Gene Boosts Yields 0812
Bumper 2011 Grain Harvest Fails to Rebuild Global Stocks 0112
Trees Boost African Crop Yields 1011
Can the United States Feed China? 0311
Great Food Crisis of 2011 0111
Wheat Genome May Help Tackle Food Shortages 0810
Nile Delta Becoming Poisoned by Salt Water Intrusion 0110
Section Map: Food Impacts