UNDERSTANDING EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT IDENTITY, RELIGIOSITY, EXTREME WEATHER, AND AMERICAN PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING, 2006-2016

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanyun Shao ◽  
Angela F. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Evangelical Protestant

Extreme Weather Resulting from Global Warming is an Emerging Threat to Farmworker Health and Safety

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-190
Author(s):  
Kent E. Pinkerton ◽  
Emily Felt ◽  
Heather E. Riden
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Extreme Precipitation ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Cold Waves ◽  
Warming Climate ◽  
Weather Events

Abstract. A warming climate has been linked to an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, including heat and cold waves, extreme precipitation, and wildfires. This increase in extreme weather results in increased risks to the health and safety of farmworkers. Keywords: Climate change, Extreme weather, Farmworkers, Global warming, Health and safety.

scholarly journals Water Water Everywhere

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Jean Levy
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
The World

During the last decade of the 20th century the world was exposed to increasing episodes of extreme weather. Figures reveal a 0.6°C rise in average temperatures since records began in 1860, with the 1990s being the warmest decade and 1998 the warmest year. Experts believe that these rising temperatures, or global warming, are in part due to human influences.

The Molecular Farm

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-155
Author(s):  
John Parrington
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Genome Editing ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Weather Patterns ◽  
Modern Agriculture ◽  
The World

Despite many inequalities in the world, it is a testament to human technology that modern agriculture is able to feed the 8 billion people on the planet. However, recently extreme weather patterns linked to global warming have been having an adverse effect on crops and farmed animal production, leading to fears about whether agriculture can continue to feed all the humans on the planet. Genome editing looks set to revolutionise agriculture by making it possible to precisely edit the genomes of farm plants and animals rapidly and economically in an unprecedented way. Such editing could be used to create vegetables and meat with enhanced flavour or nutrition. It could also be used to create disease resistant plants and animals, and reduce the use of antibiotics or pesticides. Looking further into the future it might eventually be possible to use genome editing to reconfigure plants or animals to survive in increasingly extreme types of climates. Despite these positive ways of using genome editing in agriculture, concerns have been raised about the safety of food produced from genome edited animals and plants, and potential adverse effects on animal welfare. Another criticism is that genome editing may only benefit giant agribusiness companies, and not ordinary farmers and consumers. Yet against this criticism, one of the revolutionary aspects of genome editing is how easy and economical it is to use, which means that unlike previous GM technologies, there is no reason why it cannot be used in a local, sustainable, and accessible way.

Media Use and Public Perceptions of Global Warming in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagadish Thaker ◽  
Xiaoquan Zhao ◽  
Anthony Leiserowitz
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Public Perceptions

scholarly journals Impact of fertilization on production capacity and reaction to fertilization in maize hybrids

2001 ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
Péter Jakab
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Available P ◽  
Maize Hybrids ◽  
New Varieties ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
The Right

New varieties and fertilization have significantly increased yields of maize in recent decades. It has to be taken into account however that the interactions and the balanced combination of cropping factors (ecological, biological and agrotechnical) are the main factors which determine yields. Weather conditions were rather unfavourable during the last decade. Extreme weather conditions occurred due to global warming; 6 of 10 years were plagued by drought. Consequently yields increased from 10-20% to 30-50%. In view of varieties the situation is advantageous, maybe the supply of hybrids is too high, nevertheless those hybrids need to be selected which are particularly well adjusted to the ecological conditions. Many technologies can be applied which vary according to intensity, but the balanced combination of cropping factors should be secured on the basis of the hybrid’s intensity. Among agrotechnical factors the compensation of nutrients and technological conditions were inadequate. These days farmers only use nitrogenous fertilizers consequently they significantly decrease the easily available P and K content of the soil which in long term leads to the deterioration of the soil’s productivity. The technological background is therefore important, because sufficient yields can only be expected if agrotechnical operations are carried out in the right time and quality. 

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