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December 5th, 2012

Breeding wheat for a warmer future

FSE, FSI Stanford News

Scientists are making progress in helping millions of wheat farmers adapt to hotter conditions, but the gains have been uneven, according to a new study co-authored by FSE researchers David Lobell and Sharon Gourdji. Read more »



November 12th, 2012

Indian wheat yields gain but reaching limit

FSE, FSI Stanford News

Wheat is a staple crop throughout much of India, but in many areas it is commonly sown past the optimum yield window. A study led by FSE associate director David Lobell uses satellite measurements to estimate a decade’s worth of sow dates in wheat-growing areas of India. Read more »



October 19th, 2012

FSE has a few more questions for the candidates

FSE News

As a follow up to the FSI piece on five foreign policy questions for Obama and Romney, FSE fellows ask a few additional food security related questions. Read more »



October 9th, 2012

The elephant in the warming room: food & climate

FSE, FSI Stanford News

Food security expert David Lobell talks with Stanford's Generation Anthropocene about the wide range of problems our changing climate will have on agriculture and the prospects for creating a sustainable food system in the future. Read more »



September 27th, 2012

Climate change pushing California farmers to new limits

FSE, FSI Stanford News

Rising temperatures, an uncertain water supply and more abundant pests threaten California's multi-billion-dollar crop industry. FSE agricultural scientist David Lobell weighs in on climate impacts on California's cherry crop--the canary in the climate coal mine--as part of a half-hour documentary on "Heat and Harvest", a co-production of KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting,





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Stanford researchers question whether biofuel is the answer to U.S. energy independence
David Lobell, who studies the interactions between food production, food security, and the environment at Stanford, pointed out, “one of the risks with biofuels is that alternatives don’t get explored ...”
May 14, 2012 in Peninsula Press

Research shows climate change may shrink wheat crops
Professor David Lobell from Stanford University used nine years worth of satellite images to observe when Indian wheat crops turned brown, that is when they stopped growing. He looked at what happened when temperatures exceeded 34 degrees Celsius; ...
January 30, 2012 in ABC Online

Wheat will age prematurely in a warmer world
David Lobell of Stanford University in California used nine years of images from the MODIS Earth-observation satellite to track when wheat in this region turned from green to brown, a sign that the grain is no longer growing.
January 29, 2012 in New Scientist

Crop scientists now fret about heat, not just water
For years, as scientists have assembled data on climate change and pointed with concern at melting glaciers and other visible changes in the life-giving water cycle, the impact on seasonal rains and irrigation has worried crop watchers most. But scientists now wonder if a more immediate issue is an unusual rise in day-time and, especially, night-time summer temperatures being seen in crop belts around the world.
October 24, 2011 in msnbc.com

Stanford Scientist Criticizes Fox Distortion Of His Climate Study
Stanford's David Lobell, one of the authors of the study, explained in an email that he was "disappointed" in both the Fox Nation and Ottawa Citizen coverage, which "do not accurately portray our findings." He added: The study was only focusing on one ...
May 11, 2011 in Media Matters for America (blog)

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