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The effects of global climate change on crops: What is happening?

Climate change is happening, and this is impacting food production and farming in many places across the globe. However, farmers have always adapted to new environmental and climatic conditions. Extreme weather is disrupting agricultural systems with increasing frequency with higher-than-normal temperatures, heavy rainfall or out-of-season frosts limiting crop production in many places. For…

The effects of global climate change on crops: What is happening?

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A fifth of the Sierra Nevada’s conifer forests are out of sync with the warming climate around them, which makes them less likely to grow back after a major wildfire.

Source: The Global Ecology and Climate Solutions Lab at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, using data from the U.S. Forest Service’s Wieslander Survey and Existing Vegetation maps. Note: The data looks at changes in conifer forests across the Sierra Nevada between the 1930s and the 2010s.

Excerpt from this story from the New York Times:

A warming climate has left a fifth of the conifer forests that blanket California's Sierra Nevada stranded in habitats that no longer suit them, according to a study published last week by researchers at Stanford University.

In these “zombie forests,” older, well-established trees — including ponderosa pines, Douglas firs and sugar pines — still tower overhead, but few young trees have been able to take root because the climate has become too warm and dry for them to thrive.

Zombie forests are “cheating death, in a way,” said Avery Hill, an ecologist and the study’s lead author.

Mature trees are able to survive even after their local climate has shifted, but the species is not likely to grow back in these areas after a major disturbance, like a catastrophic wildfire, logging event or period of extreme drought. Instead, the study found, the forest is more likely to be replaced by smaller, shrublike vegetation that is adapted to warmer, drier conditions.

For their analysis, Dr. Hill and colleagues examined historical data going back more than eight decades, comparing detailed survey data plotted by the U.S. Forest Service in the 1930s with more recent vegetation maps. They found that during that time period, the Sierra Nevada’s conifer forests had, on average, shifted about 112 feet higher in elevation. The most suitable temperature range for the conifers had shifted even faster, climbing upslope by about 600 feet.

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Don't Look Up

Don’t Look Up

When I was a child I went to a school assembly that taught a valuable lesson in a slightly violent and destructive way. That assembly stayed with me as a metaphor of what we have and how easy it is too loose what he have to this very day. It was a nonreligious speech given by our very religious Religious Education teacher. Basically she brought into the hall a few props one of which was a…

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What it will take for the U.S. to build a 100% renewable electric grid

What it will take for the U.S. to build a 100% renewable electric grid

The U.S. electric grid is outdated. Designed for a world that runs on fossil fuels, it needs some major tech upgrades in order to transition to a more distributed, all-renewable system. That means smart, internet connected hardware working in tandem with advanced data analytics software to ensure that supply and demand are balanced, even when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing. —…

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April 21-27 is Earth Week

Today try a recycling activity such as making these beautiful recycled magazine butterflies!  Maybe you would like to make an entire garland of butterflies.  It is one origami project which will be great to try, and you can even try it from newspapers or adverts.

Canada 150 km walk

Species at risk: Mormon Metalmark (Apodemia mormo) butterfly depends on buckwheat host plant.

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Photo credit Paul Stein

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) photo credit William Warby

Another great project which is great for recycling is to create a re-usable face mask.  Use of cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Homemade Sew and No Sew Instructions).  Canada’s chief public health officer -Theresa Tam- now says that wearing a non-medical mask can help stop the spread of COVID-19. Be careful out there!

DIY Earth day wildflower seed bombs are another great project for today.  They are fun, and great ways to plant, just by throwing!  Try making native berry bush seed bombs, and planting trees, and well the possibilities are endless for planting native seeds.

Next Generation Climate Change worksheets , Next Generation curriculum and Climate Generation Curricula are great food for thought.  Check them out.

Today is Monday,  April 27, the final day of Earth Week, and the fourth day before the end of the Earth Month celebrations. This year’s Earth Day 2020 theme is Climate Action.

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” — Jane Goodall

For directions as to how to drive to “George Genereux” Urban Regional Park

For directions on how to drive to Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area

For more information:

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Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada north of Cedar Villa Road, within city limits, in the furthest south west area of the city. 52° 06′ 106° 45′ Addresses: Part SE 23-36-6 – Afforestation Area – 241 Township Road 362-A Part SW 23-36-6 – SW Off-Leash Recreation Area (Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area ) – 355 Township Road 362-A S ½ 22-36-6 Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (West of SW OLRA) – 467 Township Road 362-A NE 21-36-6 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063 Wikimapia Map: type in Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area Google Maps South West Off Leash area location pin at parking lot Web page: https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com Where is the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area? with map Where is the George Genereux Urban Regional Park (Afforestation Area)? with map

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Please help protect / enhance your afforestation areas, please contact the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. (e-mail / e-transfers )Support the afforestation areas with your donation or membership ($20.00/year).  Please donate by paypal using the e-mail friendsafforestation AT gmail.com, or by using e-transfers  Please and thank you!  Your donation and membership is greatly appreciated.  Members e-mail your contact information to be kept up to date!

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“While the problem can sometimes seem overwhelming, we can turn things around — but we must move beyond climate talk to climate action.” — Ted Turner

  “If you really think that the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money.” — Guy McPherson

April 21-27 Earth Week April 21-27 is Earth Week Today try a recycling activity such as making these beautiful recycled magazine butterflies…

[whytehousetv]

Trump Administration Defends Paris Pullout Amid Outpouring of Support for the Climate Pact The White House stood firmly by President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement on Friday.

[superstarfighter]

We don't have a problem with economy, technology or public policy. We have a problem with perception because not enough people really get it yet.

James Bolag on Climate Change

[northernbushcraft]

Hunters can help scientist to understand wildlife diseases - 2:25 Minutes

The names sound like something out of a science fiction thriller: epizootic hemorrhagic disease, sylvatic plague, bluetongue, brucellosis, chytrid, chronic wasting disease, West Nile virus. Yet the all-too-real afflictions threaten to reduce the populations of wild mammals, birds and reptiles across Montana, Wyoming and other regions of the United States if left unchecked.

http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/wild-diseases-threats-concern-montana-wildlife-officials/article_bb0b9558-506b-11e3-a9a6-001a4bcf887a.html