Archive for the ‘Agriculture’ Category
Extreme conditions in Russian croplands
Heatwave and drought have caused severe damage to Russia’s grain crop. Yields are expected to fall by up to 40%[1]. Russia announced a ban on wheat exports from August 15, causing a sharp rise in global grain prices. How severe are conditions in 2010 compared to previous Russian droughts and heat waves? [...]
August 17, 2010
Posted in: Agriculture, Climate 
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Mapping Biomes
Recently (2008) the European Space Agency produced GlobCover (ESA GlobCover Project, led by MEDIAS-France), the highest resolution (300m) global land cover map to date. GlobCover uses 21 primary land cover classes and many more sub-classes. Land cover classification (LCC) schemes divide the earth into biomes. Biomes are the simplest way to classify vegetation which can [...]
November 20, 2009
Tags: ecosystem model, R Posted in: Agriculture, ecosystem model, Land Cover Maps 3 Comments
