Positivies and Negatives for S. Alberta Crop Yields With Warming Trend
LETHBRIDGE: There’s positives and negatives for crop yields in Southern Alberta as climate patterns show a warming trend.
University of Lethbridge Geography Professor and Hydrologist Dr. Stefan Kienzle has studied daily weather observations from 1950 to 2010.
Kienzle says winters in Alberta have warmed by 4-5º C and growing season has lengthened up to five weeks in the region.
However he explains that brings more extreme weather – such as hail, windstorms, flooding and heat waves.