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Impacts of climate change and $ CO_{2} $ increase on agricultural production and adaptation options for Southern Québec, Canada
Abstract This study involves the assessment of the potential impacts of greenhouse gas climate change and changing ambient carbon dioxide ($ CO_{2} $) levels on crop yields in Quebec, Canada. The methodology involves coupling the transient diagnostics of two Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Models, namely the Canadian CGCM1 and the British HadCM3, to the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) 3.5 crop models to simulate current (1961–1990) and future (2040–2069) crop yields and changes. This is done for four different crop species, namely spring wheat, maize, soybean, and potato, and for seven agricultural regions of Southern Quebec. The results of this study focus on the main causative factors influencing crop yields, namely the direct $ CO_{2} $ fertilization effect, the influence of the increase in growing season temperature, including optimal thermal conditions and acceleration in crop maturation, soil moisture availability, as influenced by precipitation and evapotranspiration, and nitrogen uptake by crops. Our results show that crop yield changes may vary according to climate scenario, crop species, and agricultural region. Consistent with other similar research, it would seem that these multiple causative factors very often seem to cancel each other out and dilute the impacts of climate change on crop yields.
Impacts of climate change and $ CO_{2} $ increase on agricultural production and adaptation options for Southern Québec, Canada
Abstract This study involves the assessment of the potential impacts of greenhouse gas climate change and changing ambient carbon dioxide ($ CO_{2} $) levels on crop yields in Quebec, Canada. The methodology involves coupling the transient diagnostics of two Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Models, namely the Canadian CGCM1 and the British HadCM3, to the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) 3.5 crop models to simulate current (1961–1990) and future (2040–2069) crop yields and changes. This is done for four different crop species, namely spring wheat, maize, soybean, and potato, and for seven agricultural regions of Southern Quebec. The results of this study focus on the main causative factors influencing crop yields, namely the direct $ CO_{2} $ fertilization effect, the influence of the increase in growing season temperature, including optimal thermal conditions and acceleration in crop maturation, soil moisture availability, as influenced by precipitation and evapotranspiration, and nitrogen uptake by crops. Our results show that crop yield changes may vary according to climate scenario, crop species, and agricultural region. Consistent with other similar research, it would seem that these multiple causative factors very often seem to cancel each other out and dilute the impacts of climate change on crop yields.
Impacts of climate change and $ CO_{2} $ increase on agricultural production and adaptation options for Southern Québec, Canada
Brassard, Jean-Phillipe (Autor:in) / Singh, Bhawan (Autor:in)
2007
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
BKL:
43.47
Globale Umweltprobleme
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43.47$jGlobale Umweltprobleme
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