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08 Apr, 2008

Study: Expanding Tropical Belt Could Affect Climate

Posted by: RSS In: Noaa.gov

The Earth’s tropical belt – approximately the area between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn – has widened over the past quarter century as the planet has warmed, and could change precipitation patterns that would affect ecosystems, agriculture, and water resources, according to research by a NOAA scientist and colleagues. The findings are published today in the first edition of the new publication Nature Geoscience.

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