Climate change and Garden State agriculture

MARJORIE B. KAPLAN, MARK ROBSON, and JAMES SHOPE / ANJEC REPORT – Climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion and land use change is happening now and impacting New Jersey. Since the early 1900’s, long-term changes in NJ’s climate include approximately:

• 4°F increase in annual average temperature;
• a 7 percent increase in total annual rainfall; and
• 18.2 inches of sea level rise along the coast …