A new report by James Hutton Institute scientists has found that climate change, along with variations in machinery and farming practices, is likely to increase the susceptibility of Scottish soils to erosion or damage by compaction. The publication,… Read More
Extreme drought is one of the effects of climate change that is already being perceived. This year, the decrease in rainfall and the abnormally hot temperatures in northern and eastern Europe have caused large losses in cereals and potato crops and… Read More
After the summer of 2018, we can get a sense of how the future summer climate of Europe might be: lots of heat and serious drought – and crops that wither and die. The risk of experiencing a summer such as the one we have just been through will… Read More
Copa and Cogeca released new estimates for this year’s EU grain harvest, forecasting a 6% drop in EU cereal and oilseeds production, due to extreme weather conditions. Copa and Cogeca Cereals Working Party Chairman Max Schulman said, “Farmers in … Read More
A new study from Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden has found that climate change may drive local extinction of mason bees in Arizona and other naturally warm climates. In a two-year, in situ field experiment that altered the temp… Read More
A heat wave sweeps through a city and people swelter, running indoors to find air conditioning. But crops out in a field aren’t so lucky. For them, there is no escape. Scientists in Australia are working to understand how heat waves impact whea… Read More
Corn, or maize, is the most widely grown crop in the world. Used in food, cooking oil, industrialized foods, livestock feed and even automobile fuel, the crop is one that both rich and poor people rely upon. Research led by the University of Washingt… Read More
The study, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), is the first systematically to examine the extent to which projected changes such as increases in temperature and reduced water availability could affect the production a… Read More
Weed management can be a tough challenge in organic cropping systems since growers don’t have herbicides in their weed control arsenal. New research published in the journal Weed Science, though, shows that weather conditions and well-timed cul… Read More
Farmers confront a daunting range of options for potentially achieving high crop yields in India’s western Indo-Gangetic Plains, where rice and wheat crops are planted in rotation to meet high demand for dietary food staples. Since 1965, rotational… Read More
At the launch of the report, Opportunities and Challenges for Research on Food and Nutrition Security and Agriculture in Europe, at the Palais des Académies in Brussels, the European national science academies along with the InterAcademy Partnership… Read More
Bees could be at risk from climate change because more frequent droughts could cause plants to produce fewer flowers, new research shows. Droughts are expected to become more common and more intense in many parts of the world, and researchers studied… Read More
The first definitive demonstration of climate change upsetting the vital interdependent relationships between species has been revealed, thanks to a study led by the University of Sussex. Research led by Prof Michael Hutchings at the University of Su… Read More
LSU researchers have discovered a new relationship between climate change, monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. It turns out that warming temperatures don’t just affect the monarch, Danaus plexippus, directly, but also affect this butterfly… Read More
