News: Archive for August, 2009
‘LOS ANGELES Reuters – Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of miles km of open sea dubbed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”‘
via Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific | Reuters.
‘SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Even if the world is successful in cutting carbon emissions in the future, California needs to start preparing for rising sea levels, hotter weather and other effects of climate change, a new state report recommends.’
Agricultural climate adaptation is also mentioned:
‘The report says farmers should be encouraged to be more efficient when watering their crops, and investments should be made to improve crop resistance to hotter temperatures.’
via Report: Rising Sea Levels, Temperature Inevitable In California, State Must Prepare.