Sentences with phrase «likely impact on agriculture»
Improving each aspect of climate analysis is essential, many experts say, if the country is to move from pondering what to do about a general warming trend to considering consequences for particular regions and the likely impact on agriculture, ecosystems and water supplies.
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Although little research has been carried out comparing agro-ecosystem diversity in different farming regimes, many of the principles of organic agriculture are likely to have a positive impact on ecosystem diversity66.
To date, concerns about climate change's impact on agriculture have focused on drought — another likely outcome of warming world.
NRC called for an «end - to - end» approach going «from understanding causes and processes to supporting actions needed to cope» with likely impacts on natural disasters, freshwater availability, agriculture and food security, ecosystems management, human health, and economics.
That may be true if you are talking about climate models, but in determining the impact of higher temperatures on ecosystems and agriculture, knowledge about the MWP and other past temperature extremes is likely very interesting.
In the developing world, where national incomes depend heavily on agriculture, such productivity effects are likely to have a large impact on the economy.
Given the strong dependence in rural areas on natural resources, the impacts of climate change on agriculture, forestry and fishing, and thus on rural livelihoods and incomes, are likely to be especially serious.
Given the impacts those kinds of seasons currently have on terrestrial forests, agriculture and human health, we'll likely see substantial stress from severely hot conditions.»