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Heat peaks shrink wheat yields [1]

More intense heat waves due to global warming could diminish wheat crop yields around the world through premature ageing, according to a study published recently in Nature Climate Change.

Current projections based on computer models underestimate the extent to which hotter weather in the future will accelerate this process, the researchers warned.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2012
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Global Warming [3], Crops [4], Nutrition [5], Maize [6], Wheat [7], Drought [8], Russia [9], India [10], UNFCCC [11], Climate Impacts [12], Climate Change [13]

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