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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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For wheat and barley, adaptation depends on water availability, with higher sensitivity in dry regions. The wheat lands of the Great Plains see a gradual hollowing-out, while winter wheat moves up from the south along the Mississippi. Soybeans show a gradual movement north, replacing spring wheat and barley.

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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However very few studies include water use impacts. Nitrous oxide (N 2 O), a potent greenhouse gas, is formed as a byproduct of bacterial processing of nitrogen in soils, sediments, and waters. In their paper on the impact of ethanol production on nutrient cycles and water quality, Simpson et al. Ravindranath et al.