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Warmer temperatures could lengthen the growing season of trees and consequently increase their growth rate. (Shutterstock)

Climate change is making trees bigger, but also weaker

Roberto Silvestro, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) and Sergio Rossi, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)

A longer growing season for trees, due to global warming, does not necessarily lead to an increase in wood production.
A flash drought in 2012 dried out soil, harming crops in Kansas and several other states. John Moore/Getty Images

Farmers face a soaring risk of flash droughts in every major food‑growing region in coming decades, new research shows

Jeffrey Basara, University of Oklahoma and Jordan Christian, University of Oklahoma

If greenhouse gas emissions continue at a high rate, breadbaskets of Europe and North America will see a 50% chance of a flash drought each year by the end of this century.

Related Topics

  1. Agriculture
  2. Cattle
  3. Climate change
  4. Diet
  5. Drought
  6. Farming
  7. Fossil fuels
  8. Global warming
  9. Legumes
  10. Weather forecasting

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