Adapting Agriculture to a Changing Climate: Risks and Adaptation Mechanisms

Explore cutting-edge research on climate change impacts and agricultural adaptation in this AGU Global Environmental Change Early Career Webinar. Delve into the work of the Agricultural Sustainability and Climate Impacts Lab at Colorado State University, examining climate risks to farming systems and adaptive strategies. Learn about improved methods for estimating climate impacts, the concept of adaptation, and the sensitivity of US dairy production to temperature and humidity. Investigate system choice and migration as adaptation mechanisms, and analyze the sensitivity and exposure of major crops to hydrologic hazards. Gain insights into statistical modeling techniques using observational and analytical data to assess climatic yield sensitivities and changes in hydroclimatic hazard exposure over time and location. Examine the relationship between snowmelt patterns and crop irrigation demands, and explore multiple pathways of climate impact on agriculture. Conclude by considering the environmental trade-offs of irrigation, including its effects on greenhouse gas emissions from on-farm pumping.