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The red-belted bumblebee, shown here visiting a lupine, is among the species shown to be “responding very badly” to climate changes across continents. (Jeremy Kerr photo)

Study of bumblebee decline points to climate ‘vise’

By GFM Network News July 9, 2015

A study of the shrinking range of bumblebee habitat suggests farmers relying on those species to pollinate crops may soon have to look elsewhere, barring a reversal of climate change — or, perhaps, an “assisted migration.” An international study of specimens from 31 species of bumblebees in North America and 36 such species in Europe, as […] Read more

Features

New tool measures farm operation sustainability

Demand for “field print” calculations is on the rise

By Rebecca Hannam April 21, 2015

Energy consumption, land use, erosion and climate impact are key to environmental management. Consumers and food retailers are now demanding this type of information. But how do you measure your efficiency? A new calculator can help. Denis Tremorin, director of sustainability at Pulse Canada, is the driving force behind the Canadian Field Print Calculator project and […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Australia’s temperatures found fastest-rising worldwide

By GFM Network News January 28, 2015

Sydney | Reuters –– Australia faces a rise in temperature of potentially more than 5 C by the end of the century, outpacing global warming worldwide, the country’s national science agency said Tuesday. In its most comprehensive analysis yet of the impacts of climate change, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) painted a […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Wheat models show climate change pressuring yields

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 16, 2015

A combination of multiple computer models of weather’s impact on wheat warns of a six per cent dent in world wheat production for every degree Celsius in temperature increase. Scientists have been trying for 20 years to estimate effects of temperature increase and climate change on wheat production, which accounts for 20 per cent of […] Read more

Crops, Features

Biochar: Good for the planet and your farm

Biochar, charcoal made from burning organic matter at low temperatures,  could be a way to store CO2 and add nutrients to your soil

By Michael Flood November 28, 2014

By now you’ve heard all about about carbon emissions and climate change. You know that by burning hydrocarbons like oil and coal we humans have been putting CO2 into the atmosphere faster than natural processes can remove it, and that over the rest of this century this will result in more and more extreme weather […] Read more

Columns, Weather

We need a little global warming

Climate has been changing for the last  four billion years. Long-term weather  forecasts are anyone’s guess

By Les Henry April 9, 2014

On Sunday, January 5, I went out mid-morning to get a shot of fresh air — and it was fresh. The mercury thermometer on the garage stops at 40 below, which we all understand. The mercury was nearly curled up in the bottom: -37 C. Much of Canada and the northern U.S. has experienced a […] Read more

GFM Network News

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Tag Archives climate change

Study of bumblebee decline points to climate ‘vise’

New tool measures farm operation sustainability

Australia’s temperatures found fastest-rising worldwide

Wheat models show climate change pressuring yields

Biochar: Good for the planet and your farm

We need a little global warming

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