--- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994072 > > "Europe may be breathing a sigh of relief as its > record-breaking > heatwave eases, but there is still plenty to worry > about. Temperature > changes caused by global warming are likely to > transform agriculture on > both sides of the Atlantic.... <snip> > The eastern and western seaboards of the US will > become much wetter > over the next century, while some central states > will become so starved > of water that they will be unable to support > agriculture at all. "
I'd guessed it from our drought -- Colorado is one of the places forecast to become more arid in this report: "But Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska are just some of the central states that could suffer drought, the researchers say in two papers published in June this year (Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol 117, p 73 and p 97)." So, are the idiot developers still putting in Kentucky bluegrass lawns instead of native prairie grasses? -oh, yeah. >:/ Debbi Seems This Year's European Grape Harvest Is Good However Maru (not that i drink enough wine for it to matter to me maru) :P __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
