• Climate Variability

    • Assessing risks of climate variability and climate change for Indonesian rice agriculture

      • R. L. Naylor, D. S. Battisti, D. J. Vimont, W. P. Falcon, M. B. Burke,
      • Original article citation: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104, (2007).
      • Categories: Climate Variability, Regional Climate, and Society
      • Recommended by: Olive Heffernan on 06/06/2007 09:21PM GMT
      • Reasons for recommending:
        This paper, which appeared in PNAS at the start of May, suggests that rice agriculture in Indonesia could suffer considerable damage as a result of long-term climate change. The researchers used a set of IPCC global climate models to look at how climate change could affect precipitation in Indonesia over the next 50 years. They found that the probability of harmful delays of more than 30 days could more than double by 2050.

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