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Study: Crop relocation can help buffer US agriculture from climate change but southern states may face massive loss of productive land

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Projected extreme temperatures under climate change are predicted to reduce average yields for several of the United States’ major crops. These changes in productivity would drive farmers to change crops and move into new areas. Farmers are particularly exposed to the problems of climate change.

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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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Since soil contains nearly three times as much carbon than in the atmosphere, even a small fraction of carbon emitted from soil has the potential to accelerate climate change. University of Canterbury PhD candidate Nicholas Patton said the research would have ramifications for curbing the effects of climate change into the future.

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Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector

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It is increasingly clear that climate change will have potentially large impacts on the nation’s highways, railroads, waterways, airports and pipelines. Right now the climate models are more accurate at the global and regional scale, but they are not capable of predicting the local effects that planners need.

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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

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The road trip will run from Mississippi through Louisiana before concluding in Texas. Resources Lee, Uisung, Lu, Zifeng, Sun, Pingping, Wang, Michael, DiVita, Vincent, & Collings, Dave (2022) “Carbon Intensities of Refining Products in Petroleum Refineries with Co-Processed Biofeedstocks.”

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NOAA Awards $750K to Support Modeling Effects of Sea Level Rise in Northern Gulf of Mexico

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NOAA has awarded $750,000 for the first year of an anticipated $3 million research investment to develop the information and tools needed to plan for sea level rise and other consequences of climate change along more than 300 miles of the northern Gulf of Mexico’s shoreline. The study team, led by Scott Hagen, Ph.D.,

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Water Levels Dropping in Some of the Worlds Major Rivers

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suggests that the reduced flows in many cases are associated with climate change, and could potentially threaten future supplies of food and water. The results will be published 15 May in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate. Freshwater being a vital resource, the downward trends are a great concern.

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ICCT study finds state EV incentives playing a significant role in driving sales

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On the other hand, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Wyoming are examples of states offering nearly no benefits to electric vehicle owners, and have nearly no EV sales. The ZEV program clearly contributes to automakers’ deployment and marketing efforts. Whereas California has over 2.4% —Jin et al. electric vehicle incentives ”.

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