Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Got milk? Climate change means stressed cows in southern US may have less

Phys.Org: "Cows are happy in parts of Northern California and not in Florida" is a good way to sum up the findings of new research from the University of Washington, said Yoram Bauman, best known as the "stand-up economist." Bauman and colleagues found that the decline in milk production due to climate change will vary across the U.S., since there are significant differences in humidity and how much the temperature swings between night and day across the country. For instance, the humidity and hot nights...

URL: http://phys.org/news/2012-07-climate-stressed-cows-southern.html

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