For those interested. . . Thought I'd throw out this tidbit. It may not
seem at first to be important to agriculture, but when the full
implications of global climate change are taken into account (changing
environmental parameters, such as temperature and rainfall, as well as
increased opportunity for plant pests and pathogens) then the
sustainability of agriculture is directly affected (plus Dennis Avery
thinks that global warming is a bunch of baloney, so there _must_ be
something to cover up!)
Russ
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Russ Bulluck
Visiting Post-Doctoral Scholar
Department of Plant Pathology
1 Shields Ave
UC-Davis
Davis, CA 95616
lrbulluck@ucdavis.edu
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The soil population is so complex that it manifestly cannot
be dealt with as a whole with any detail by any one person,
and at the same time it plays so important a part in the soil
economy that it must be studied.
--Sir E. John Russell
The Micro-organisms of the Soil, 1923
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EARTH HEATING UP FASTER THAN EXPECTED
>from The Los Angeles Times
A new analysis by government scientists indicates Earth's climate is
warming
at an unprecedented rate, suggesting that the future impact of global
warming may be more severe and sudden than predicted.
Such a steep warming rate was not expected to occur until well into the
21st
century, said Tom Karl, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
climatologist who led the study. The trend probably would mean a
continuation of the recent three-year string of steamy summers and mild
winters seen by much of the nation, and perhaps increased flooding of
low-lying areas.
``The next few years are going to be very interesting,'' Karl said. ``It
could be the beginning of a new increase in temperatures.''
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2000/02/23/MN45137.DTL>
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