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Nature and Farming: News links for April 2019

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Ecosystems threatened: The Sixth Great Extinction

Sierra   Zoos Gone Wild—With Hope

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CNN   Climate change will make a walk in the woods a much rarer pleasure

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The Conversation   Anthropocene doesn’t exist and species of the future will not recognise it

 

Inside Climate News   Iconic Forests Reaching Climate Tipping Points in American West, Study Finds

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EOS   Cherry Blossoms’ Peak Bloom Is an Indicator of Climate Change

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Guardian   Adders now active all year with warmer UK weather

 

Yale   In nature, premature springs are creating new winners and losers

 

Guardian   Arctic alpine plants in UK face climate extinction

 

Scientific American   Coral Reefugees: Certain Corals Could “Outrun” Climate Change

 

Reuters   More marine heat waves threaten fish and corals: study

 

Scotsman   Disease threat to Scotland’s ancient pine forests due to climate change, report warns

Independent   Rising CO2 levels destroying African savannah, scientists warn

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Guardian   Out of sight, out of luck: the hidden victims of Australia’s deadly heatwaves

 

Inside Climate News   Iconic Forests Reaching Climate Tipping Points in American West, Study Finds

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Academic articles about ecosystems

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BES/People and Nature   Effects of climatically shifting species distributions on biocultural relationships

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Wiley/Ecology Letters   Phenological mismatch with trees reduces wildflower carbon budgets

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Wiley/Global Change Biology    Evaluating ecosystem effects of climate change on tropical island streams using high spatial and temporal resolution sampling regimes

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Wiley/Global Change Biology    Four decades of plant community change along a continental gradient of warming

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Wiley/Global Change Biology    Geographical adaptation prevails over species‐specific determinism in trees’ vulnerability to climate change at Mediterranean rear‐edge forests

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Wiley/Global Change Biology    Structural and functional responses of invertebrate communities to climate change and flow regulation in alpine catchments

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Wiley/Global Change Biology    Whales in warming water: Assessing breeding habitat diversity and adaptability in Oceania's changing climate

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Wiley/Global Change Biology   Climate‐driven reduction of genetic variation in plant phenology alters soil communities and nutrient pools

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Wiley/Global Change Biology   Experimental warming alters spring phenology of certain plant functional groups in an early‐successional forest community

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Wiley/Global Change Biology   Future recovery of baleen whales is imperiled by climate change

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Wiley/Global Change Biology   Woody vegetation dynamics in the tropical and subtropical Andes from 2001 to 2014: satellite image interpretation and expert validation

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Farming, fishing and food: Human food supply imperiled

ABC   White wine taste is changing as temperatures in growing areas rise, winemaker says

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Anthropocene   Forced to follow their catch, fishers are moving north

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Anthropocene   What’s the cost (in fish) between 1.5 and 3 degrees of warming?

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BBC   Bees: Many British pollinating insects in decline, study shows

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Carbon Brief   Ocean warming has caused ‘sustainable’ fish stocks to drop by 4% since 1930s

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Daily Mail [Australia]   Changing rainfall patterns could threaten major crops including wheat, corn, and rice worldwide in just 20 years even if greenhouse gases are reduced, study warns

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DW   After a year of record droughts, Germany's meteorological office sets up early warning system

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Guardian   Italy sees 57% drop in olive harvest as result of climate change, scientist says

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Independent   Climate change is creating toxic crops and poisoning some of world’s poorest people, scientists warn

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National Geographic   Climate change is depleting our essential fisheries

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Reuters   Wine and shine - Scorching summer wilts Australia's grape crop

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Washington Post   Climate change is already hurting fruit breeders, and consumers could soon feel the pain

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Xinhua   Global warming has not extended plant growing season since 2000: study

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Academic articles about farming, fishing and food

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IOP Science/Environmental Research Letters   Future changes in spring wheat yield in the European Russia as inferred from a large ensemble of high-resolution climate projections

 

Nature   Air temperature optima of vegetation productivity across global biomes

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PNAS   Emergence of robust precipitation changes across crop production areas in the 21st century

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Wiley/AGU100/Earth’s Future   Spatial Patterns of Crop Yield Change by Emitted Pollutant

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Wiley/AGU100/Earth’s Future   When Will Current Climate Extremes Affecting Maize Production Become the Norm?

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Wiley/Global Change Biology   Biochar application as a tool to decrease soil nitrogen losses (NH3 volatilization, N2O emissions, and N leaching) from croplands: options and mitigation strength in a global perspective

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Wiley/Global Change Biology    Global wheat production with 1.5 and 2.0°C above pre‐industrial warming

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Wiley/Global Change Biology    Warmer and browner waters decrease fish biomass production

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Wiley/Global Change Biology   Yield vs. quality trade‐offs for wheat in response to carbon dioxide and ozone

Photo Attributions

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Banner: Photo by: Jillyspoon

Agriculture threatened: Photo by: Diganta Talukdar

Ecosystems threatened: Photo by: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters

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