Novel crop-cooling technique could mitigate climate change
Friday, January 16, 2009 - 12:42
in Earth & Climate
Planting crop varieties that better reflect sunlight could offset a fifth of the warming predicted for the end of this century -- but only at certain latitudes, say scientists.
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