Climate Changed
Food Crops From Corn to Rice Are Seen at Risk From Warmer Change
- UN report finds risk to yields for corn, wheat, rice, soybeans
- Scientists say they underestimated climate impact on farming
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Farming food crops of all kinds is likely to become more difficult as global temperatures increase, depressing yields for corn, soybeans, rice and wheat.
That’s the bleak assessment set out by a United Nations panel of scientists gathered to assess the impact of a climate change. It warned the world is 1 degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit) hotter than it was at the start of the industrial revolution and is on track to warm 3 degrees by the end of the century.