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Summer fallow and rainfall in the U.S. midwest

Posted by Peter Donovan 6 years, 7 months ago

This article describes an increase in rainfall and cooler temperatures related to a decrease in summer fallow. 

https://massivesci.com/articles/farms-climate-change-crop-rotation-rain-fallow/

As Walter Jehne has emphasized, the water cycle controls the vast majority of the earth's heat balance, and plant transpiration and the soil carbon sponge have a great deal to do with the weather.