#  Postdoc, Nathan Mueller Discovers Today's Farming Practices Can Cause Cooler Temps 

 





February 08, 2016

 

 

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Nathan Mueller, postdoctoral fellow in **Michele Holbrook's** lab, examined farming practices in the Midwest and found the highly fertilized and too-closely planted crops have resulted in land-use patterns intense enough to change the surrounding climate. The [study published in Nature Climate Change](http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v6/n3/full/nclimate2825.html) shows the regions with the most intense farming have lower peak summer temperatures. [Full Story.](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/02/todays-farming-practices-can-cool-temps/)



 

 

 



 

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