And in addition to its assessment of environmental impacts, the study will also see how global change is affecting the socio-economic conditions of mountain people.

UNESCO: 83e

The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, which maintains a database on field and laboratory experiments measuring plant growth responses to CO2-enriched environments has reported 45 studies that have examined effects on the garden tomato (lycopersicon eculentum).

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In a recent study, the U.S. Joint Global Climate Change Research Institute, which is located at the University of Maryland, projected the impact of climate change on agricultural yields in Huang-Hai Plain, which is one of the most productive agricultural regions of China.

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Along the region, the Atlantic Ocean is rising at an annual rate three times to four times faster than the global average since 1990, according to the study published Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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" They cite a study that found that without factoring in the effects of climate change, "the global population at risk from malaria would increase by 100% by 2080, whereas the effect of climate change would increase the risk of malaria by at most 7%.

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