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Feature Articles

The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China

China has tremendous climatic and ecological diversity, so the impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems might likewise be expected to be diverse. Yet so far systematic studies have been rare. Here, the impacts of historical and future climate change on water resources and agriculture in China are assessed.

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Sep 2010
Nature 467 7311 43-51
The impacts of climate change on water.pdf
Feature Articles

Cold blamed for Bolivia’s mass fish deaths

With high Andean peaks and a humid tropical forest, Bolivia is a country of ecological extremes. But the unusually low winter temperatures experienced by the country's tropical region in July and August hit freshwater species hard, killing an estimated 6 million fish and thousands of alligators, turtles and river dolphins.

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Sep 2010
Anna Petherick
Nature 467 7311 17
Fish deaths.pdf
Feature Articles

Climate panel must adapt to survive

Review recommends better governance and transparency for the IPCC in the face of more public scrutiny.

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Sep 2010
Jeff Tollefson
Nature 467 7311 14
Climate panel must adapt to survive.pdf
News

Warming could reduce rainfall

London: Scientists have warned that global warming could reduce rainfall, contrary to the belief that rising temperatures lead to increase in overall precipitation levels. Previous studies have shown that rainfall will increase globally by 2-3% for every degree Celsius that the Earth’s surface heats up. But, scientists at the University of Leeds who looked at a range of climate chang

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01/09/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)

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