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Climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than we thought

Climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than we thought

by The Daily Eye Team March 20 2014, 12:33 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 33 secs

A study led by the University of Leeds has shown that global warming of only 2°C will be detrimental to crops in temperate and tropical regions, with reduced yields from the 2030s onwards. Professor Andy Challinor, from the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and lead author of the study, said: “Our research shows that crop yields will be negatively affected by climate change much earlier than expected.”

“Furthermore, the impact of climate change on crops will vary both from year-to-year and from place-to-place — with the variability becoming greater as the weather becomes increasingly erratic.”

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