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I ATTEMPT here to relate the gradual and oscillatory temperature drop in the Northern Hemisphere to a shortening of the length of the growing season in the US corn belt.
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BROWN, J. Shortening of growing season in the US corn belt. Nature 260, 420–421 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/260420a0
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