Summertime, and the cotton is…higher. That could be the future theme song for “King Cotton” in the southeastern United States, according to two climate change scenarios analyzed by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.While elevated carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere could cause a number of significant concerns, it appears that increased cotton yields in the U.S. southeast could be a plus, if farmers can adapt to climate changes. The study was presented on December 10 at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco.