Newswise — David Wolfe, Cornell professor of horticulture and Arthur DeGaetano, Cornell professor of climatology, will speak on Capitol Hill to explain how the warming climate will change agriculture on Friday, March 27, 1:30 p.m., at 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
The professors will explain how farmers, agricultural producers, economic development leaders and other resource users can modify current practices to adapt to a changing climate. They will discuss actions that policy makers and federal agencies—including the interior and agriculture departments, and NOAA—can take to improve adaptation, mitigate economic fallout and expand market opportunities.
Wolfe studies plant environmental and stress physiology—particularly plant responses to increased carbon dioxide levels and temperature, soil ecology, soil health and crop nitrogen"use efficiency. DeGaetano, an applied climatologist, serves as director of the federally supported Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell, and associate chair of the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department.
MEDIA are welcome to attend this Congressional briefing session. For information on interviewing professors Wolfe and DeGaetano, please contact Blaine Friedlander, Cornell Press Relations Office, at (607) 254-8093 or [email protected].
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