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Old June 22nd 05, 08:56 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Brian Wakem Brian Wakem is offline
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Default Global warming in a chaotic climate - can we be sure?

Alastair McDonald wrote:

I have just enjoyed listening to and watching this pair of lectures from
the
Royal Society on the web. (There are actually two Tims giving talks.) I
think everyone would find them interesting, not just those worried about
global
warming. Bill Giles gets a mention, and Piers Corbyn has a walk on part
in the question time at the end.
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=3135

Cheers, Alastair.



One thing that wasn't addressed (if it was I missed it) was the potential
for crop evolution to occur. As (if) temperatures rise, natural selection
will favour crops that can survive in those conditions, so is it possible
that in 100yrs time we will have wheat and barley that has evolved to grow
quite happily in the changed climate?


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Brian Wakem