CLIMATE change will have significant impacts on how farming is conducted by 2050, according to agricultural scientist Professor EWR ‘Snow’ Barlow. Resolving “grand scientific challenges” associated with crop response to elevated carbon dioxide levels and reduced nitrogen uptake efficiency might ...
The GRA was launched at COP15, Copenhagen, in December 2009, with 21 countries endorsing a joint ministerial statement establishing the alliance. The GRA was founded on the voluntary, collaborative efforts of countries with membership and governance arrangements underpinned by a ...
The concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is increasing. Everything else being equal, higher CO₂ levels will increase the yields of major crops such as wheat, barley and pulses. But the trade-off is a hit to the quality and ...
The climate situation is delicately poised. Some evidence still exists for the hang over of last year’s quasi La Nina. Models feel an El Nino coming with gusto, the actual evidence for one in the central Pacific at the moment ...
During the recent heatwave in New South Wales, which saw record-breaking temperatures for two days in a row, 40 dairy cows died in Shoalhaven, a city just south of Sydney. Climate change doubled the likelihood of this kind of record-breaking ...
While increases in population and wealth will lift global demand for food by up to 70% by 2050, agriculture is already feeling the effects of climate change. This is expected to continue in coming decades. Scientists and farmers will need ...
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A business that has helped more than 600 broadacre farmers learn more about carbon emissions from farming and how to reduce their carbon footprint has won the $10,000 overall prize in the first SA Climate Leaders Awards. Climate Change Minister ...
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