Yield stability for cereals in a changing climate

Agriculture in a Changing Climate

Encompassing a range of agro-ecological systems and diverse geographic and climatic contexts, the Northwest region provides a unique opportunity to test a collaborative approach to assessing and prioritizing climate change mitigation and adaptation opportunities. At a 2016 workshop titled “Agriculture in a Changing Climate”, university faculty and students, crop and livestock producers, and ind...

Changing Climate, Changing Watersheds

This spectacular “blue marble” image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date. Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet. These images are freely avail...

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...

Ecological connectivity for a changing climate.

A frequently proposed strategy to reduce the negative effects of climate change on biological diversity is to increase ecological connectivity (Heller & Zavaleta 2009)— the flow of organisms and ecological processes across landscapes (Taylor et al. 1993). Traditionally, conservation professionals have sought to maintain or restore connectivity to ensure gene flow among isolated populations and ...

A Changing Climate of Litigation