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Impacts of ozone and climate change on yields of perennial crops in California

California has the highest cost-adjusted poverty rate in the US, with 15 million people living in poverty, according to the Public Policy Institute of California .
California has the second-highest unemployment rate and many residents report a lack of opportunity, with a recent survey showing only 15% view it as a model for others.
The state has been labeled the center of political corruption, with 576 public officials convicted on federal corruption charges over the last 10 years, reported by the New York Times.
California is struggling with high living costs and a lack of affordable housing, leading to reduced population growth, as noted by the California Department of Aging.

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dailyclimate.org

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Rising ground-level ozone pollution worsens with climate change, threatening health and crops

Human-caused emissions are fueling a sharp increase in ground-level ozone, a toxic air pollutant that worsens with climate change and threatens global health, food systems, and forests.Sean Mowbray reports for Mongabay.In short:Ground-level ozone forms from chemical reactions involving methane, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds under sunlight, and spikes during heat waves worsened by climate change.The pollutant damages human lungs…

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Impacts of ozone and climate change on yields of perennial crops in California

Changes in temperature and air pollution affect agricultural productivity, but most relevant research has focused on major annual crops (for example, wheat, maize, soy and rice). In contrast, relatively little is known about the effects of climate change and air quality on perennial crops such as fruits and nuts, which are important to dietary diversity and nutrition, and represent ~38% of California’s agriculture by economic value. Moreover, th…

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newgeography.com

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Climate Change Is Driving California’s Golden Road to Decline: Part 1

This is the first of two essays on issues facing California. “From the Beginning, California promised much. While yet barely a name on the map, it entered American awareness as a symbol of renewal. It was a final frontier: of geography and of expectation.” — Kevin Starr, “Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915” California’s economic, academic, media, and political establishment still embraces the notion of the state’s inevitable supremacy…

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Climate Change Driving California’s Golden Road to Decline

California’s economic, academic, media, and political establishment still embraces the notion of the state’s inevitable supremacy. “The future depends on us,” Gov. Ga

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Climate Change Driving California’s Golden Road to Decline – Calif has both ‘highest number of billionaires & the highest cost-adjusted poverty rate’

Newsom’s dogged emphasis on climate change – and achieving “carbon neutrality” by 2045 – has meant massive subsidies for wind and solar, mandates to reduce personal car use by nearly three times the temporary cuts caused by pandemic lockdowns, electrification of home appliances at a cost of many thousands of dollars per household, and even cuts to dairy and livestock emissions with technology mandates, accelerating the relocation of these food pr

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