An overview of the mink study

The MINK study was undertaken to determine possible impacts of future climate change on the forestry, energy, agriculture, and water-resources sectors in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas (MINK). The project was promulgated on data collected and impacts seen in the region during the extreme droug...

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Published in:Climatic change 1993-06, Vol.24 (1-2), p.159-173
Main Authors: Crosson, Pierre R, Rosenberg, Norman J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The MINK study was undertaken to determine possible impacts of future climate change on the forestry, energy, agriculture, and water-resources sectors in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas (MINK). The project was promulgated on data collected and impacts seen in the region during the extreme drought conditions experienced in the 1930s. Because these sectors make up only a small part of the total regional economy, and due to adjustments and adaptations to the changed climate that producers in these sectors would make, the economy-wide impact of global warming will be small. The efficacy of the methodology used in the study-the use of a real climatic event as an analog for climate change, importance of the carbon dioxide effect, use of the representative farm concept, adjustments of climate change, and interindustry linkages-is discussed. Possible policy implications resulting from the study are presented.
ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1007/BF01091481