In one combination of climate models and scenarios, "the corn belt in the United States could actually see a significant reduction in productivity potential," Nelson told reporters here.

在把气候模型和各种变化模式相结合之后，“美国的玉米生产带未来产量会出现明显的减产。”尼尔森告诉记者。

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Xiao Ziniu, director of China's National Climate Center, was quoted as saying most of north China's wheat belt was expected to receive slightly less than or nearly normal rainfall in March.

有消息称，国家气候中心主任肖子牛表示：北方大部分小麦种植地区三月份的降雨量有望同正常年份或略有减少。

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Such damage is already more common than most climate models had predicted, with the boreal belt especially hard hit.

上述这种破坏的普遍程度已经比大多数气候模型的预测结果要更加严重，而其中，针叶林带受到的打击尤为明显。

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Tough negotiations are under way on the EU's 2014-2020 budget, with some member states arguing that the Commission's funding targets are too ambitious in the current climate of national belt-tightening.

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But drought has gripped the Sun Belt in recent years, and federal scientists predict recurrent periods similar to the 1930s Dust Bowl if climate change models prove accurate.

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