[Pollinator] warming climate threatens CA fruit and nut production

[Ladadams at aol.com]

an interesting article....


_http://caes.ucdavis.edu/NewsEvents/web-news/2009/7/warming-climate-threaten
s-california-fruit-and-nut-production?utm_source=UC+Davis+CA%26ES+E-News&utm
_campaign=d5d044c16d-CAES_E-News_SeptOct_2009&utm_medium=email_ 
(http://caes.ucdavis.edu/NewsEvents/web-news/2009/7/warming-climate-threatens-california
-fruit-and-nut-production?utm_source=UC+Davis+CA&ES+E-News&utm_campaign=d5d0
44c16d-CAES_E-News_SeptOct_2009&utm_medium=email) 






Winter chill is  likely to decrease by more than 50 percent as the global 
climate warms. In some  parts of California's agriculturally rich Central 
Valley, winter chill has  already declined by nearly 30 percent. “The 
consequences for California's fruit  and nut industries could be devastating," said 
Minghua Zhang, a professor of  environmental and resource science at UC 
Davis. (Photo: Jack Kelly  Clark/University of California) _Read  more._ 
(http://ucdavis.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e35ab6b4f3633ac590a8802d4&id=60d81c
86f8&e=49f7aadd1a) 




>From Steve  Buchmann




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