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Increased crop damage in the U.S. from flooding and excess precipitation under climate change: Implications for adaptation and mitigation strategies

Project Leader:

Francesco Tubiello
(franciny@yahoo.com)

Earth Institute Contact:

EI Collaborators:
Richard Goldberg

Locations: United States of America

Description:
Analyzing options for adapation and mitigation in US agriculture under climate change, considering effects of increased extreme climate events.

EI Unit:
Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)

Cross Cutting Themes:
Climate and Society

Food, Ecology and Nutrition

Core Disciplines:
Cross-Disciplinary

Earth Sciences

Biology

Collaborating Institutions:
Environmental Defense

Funding Agency:
Environmental Defense (15K academic minigrant,

Last Modified: 10-14-2003