by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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Over the past 120 years, Canada’s grasslands<\/strong> have become warmer and drier, a study<\/a> has found. The investigation, based on an analysis of scientific literature, examined the effects of climate change in the so-called Prairie provinces, i.e., the cultivated lands of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada’s main agricultural area, from 1901 to 2021.<\/p>\n This survey, conducted by the University of Alberta<\/strong> and published in the Canadian Journal of Plant Science, showed a steady trend of increasing temperatures and disturbances with frequent and heavy rainfall. The analysis, recalled Emmanuel Mapfumo<\/strong>, a professor in the Canadian university’s Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and co-author of the research in a statement<\/a>, is among the first to explore the impact of climate change on farmland in that area.<\/p>\n