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Posted
Dec 3, 2015
Agriculture & Food

Climate Change Poses Risks for Agriculture and Global Food Security

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Climate change is likely to impede progress on reducing undernourishment around the world in the decades ahead, according to a scientific assessment released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) during 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21) in Paris. Climate Change, Global...
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Posted
Jul 29, 2014
Agriculture & Food

Preparing for Climate Impacts on the Food System

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Today, building on the Climate Data Initiative, the White House unveiled a new theme on climate.data.gov to empower America’s agricultural sector and strengthen the resilience of the global food system to climate change.
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Posted
Apr 23, 2013
Agriculture & Food

The Faces of Climate Change

In recognition of Earth Day 2013, the USGS is highlighting examples of climate change impacts to a variety of places and people across the globe.
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Posted
Sep 13, 2012
Agriculture & Food

Changing Climate May Substantially Alter Maple Syrup Production

U.S. Forest Service research indicates that climate change will affect habitat suitability for maple trees, threatening the multimillion dollar maple syrup industry. Changes in climate have already had an impact on the iconic sugar maple trees of the Northeastern U.S.
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Posted
May 3, 2012
Agriculture & Food

Study Says Corn Prices will take the Heat from Climate Change

A new study by scientists at Stanford and Purdue University projects that corn prices in the United States will become much more volatile in the near term because of more frequent severe heat conditions expected to result from human-caused climate change.
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