Abandoned farmlands could play a role in fighting climate change. A new study shows exactly where they are.
May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024
MADISON, Wisconsin, May 29 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:
A map showing the percentage of abandoned farmland within a 36-square-kilometer area. Most of the more than 30 million acres of cultivated land abandoned between 1986 and 2018 is concentrated in the Great Plains and the Mississippi River valley.
Farmland is often a battleground in the fight against climate change.
Solar panels and energy crops are pitted agai . . .
A map showing the percentage of abandoned farmland within a 36-square-kilometer area. Most of the more than 30 million acres of cultivated land abandoned between 1986 and 2018 is concentrated in the Great Plains and the Mississippi River valley.
Farmland is often a battleground in the fight against climate change.
Solar panels and energy crops are pitted agai . . .