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Climate Changing: Germany's 30,000 Wind Turbines Causing Local Rainfall Droughts

Wind turbines were meant to improve the weather, now it seems these things are making it worse. Bear in mind the weather worriers are fretting about changes of a degree or two (apparently an increase of just 1.5°C means instant disaster and pumping it up by 2°C means an irreversible catastrophe).

Jul 04, 2023 by stopthesethings.com
Environment News
Hard Times for a Hot Commodity, the Prized New Mexico Chile

Years of drought, erratic weather and other stresses are taking their toll on the peppers that are central to the state's economy and identity. HATCH, N.M. - In all her eight decades of farming in southeastern New Mexico, June Rutherford has never seen a chile season this bad.

Dec 21, 2019 by Amelia Nierenberg via NYTimes
Nature Blogs
Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed

Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making airborne sounds when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water-starved crops.

Dec 07, 2019 by Adam Vaughan via NewScientist
Botany & Horticulture Blogs



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