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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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New Report Concludes That Real Costs of Adapting to Climate Change Will Likely Be At Least 2-3X Greater Than Current Estimates

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Representation of damage from climate change avoided by adaptation, and damage not be adapted to (‘residual damage’) over the longer term. Parry co-chaired the IPCC working group on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation between 2002 and 2008. Source: “Assessing the costs.” In Click to enlarge.

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Water Vapor In Mid-Troposphere May Double Warming Effect

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to installation in the Aqua satellite, launched in 2002. Although scientists have long believed that water vapor. is a key amplifier of the effects of climate change, efforts to. dioxide, producing water vapor which in turn would store more heat. NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument prior.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. The KPMG research finds that the external environmental costs of 11 key industry sectors jumped 50% from US$566 to US$846 billion in 8 years (2002 to 2010), averaging a doubling of these costs every 14 years. Source: KPMG.

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Northern India Rapidly Depleting its Groundwater Due to Excessive Irrigation; Major Water Crisis Looms If Trend Continues

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If sustained, the trend will lead to a major water crisis in the region, the researchers conclude in a paper to be published in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters. (A) A) Rate of change of terrestrial water storage, in cm/yr of water thickness, determined from GRACE gravity solutions. Tiwari et al. Tiwari et al.

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Nissan cut CO2 emissions 22.4% over past decade

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Success in reducing emissions, promoting zero-emission vehicles and saving energy at facilities has made Nissan the highest-performing automotive company tracked by the Carbon Disclosure Project, which works with thousands of companies to tackle climate change.

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Stanford GCEP awards $6.6M to 7 projects; focus on combining energy conversion with carbon-neutral fuel production

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Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) is awarding $6.6 The 7 awards bring the total number of GCEP-supported research programs to 104, with total funding of approximately $125 million since the project’s launch in 2002. Advanced water-splitting.