SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Farmers and scientists in the inland Northwest are launching a $20 million study on how climate change will impact agriculture.
Nearly 100 researchers and farmers from across the region met Monday at the University of Idaho, where the five-year research program is starting.
Funding for the study comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Temperatures in the area have already risen about 1.8 degrees on average in the past century, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is predicting they will increase another 3.6 degrees by 2050.
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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com