Potential Cooling Effects of Growing More Reflective Crops Over the Next 100 years (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Potential Cooling Effects of Growing More Reflective Crops Over the Next 100 years

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Potential cooling effects of growing more reflective crops over the next 100 years. The left hand image shows the predicted increase in temperature levels at the end of the century, caused by a doubling of current CO2 levels. The right hand image shows the possible cooling effects of growing more reflective crops. Color scale: white = 2 degrees of warming (or less) to black = 8 degrees of warming (or more).

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Joy Singarayer

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