Signal: longer growing season
NewYorkWineExpansion

New York wine industry expanding with temperature increases

by on 18. May, 2011 in Uncategorized

Some regions (like New York State) are going to have the opportunity to derive benefits from climate change. In order to even exist, the viticulture industry in New York had to adapt considerably from its European origins. It was long thought that the extreme winter climatic conditions in this region, in combination with American pests, [...]

tractorfarming

Growing season now 12 days longer over Northern Hemisphere

by on 19. Jan, 2011 in Uncategorized

Changes in vegetative growing seasons are dominant indicators of the dynamic response of ecosystems to climate change. Therefore, knowledge of growing seasons over the past decades is essential to predict ecosystem changes. In this study, the long-term changes in the growing seasons of temperate vegetation over the Northern Hemisphere were examined by analyzing satellite-measured normalized [...]

CedarRapidFloods

Iowa now warmer, wetter, and flooding

by on 15. Jan, 2011 in Uncategorized

Climate change already is affecting the daily lives of Iowans and will do so more profoundly in the future, according to a report commissioned by the Iowa Legislature. The effects of the changing climate can readily be seen on the farm, the report says, including: >> The growing season is longer, so farmers are planting [...]