Study Finds Major Crop Harvests Could Halve This Century

Production of some of the most important food crops – wheat, soybean and maize – could be reduced by up to 50 per cent by the end of the century as the world gets warmer, a new study has found.

Researchers developed a computer simulation of how crops responded to rising temperatures, then tested this against real-world examples.

They found they could accurately predict how various different plants would respond, and their findings were stark.

Soybean crops could see a 40 per cent reduction, while a 20 per cent reduction in wheat was also possible.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/global-warming-cut-essential-global-crop-harvests-wheat-maize-soybean-feed-world-climate-change-a7534796.html

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