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Briefing note 008: Global crop yields are strongly affected by extreme climate conditions

August 14, 2019 11:39 am Published by Comments Off on Briefing note 008: Global crop yields are strongly affected by extreme climate conditions

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes has contributed to a new scientific study that reveals that extremely hot and cold temperatures, drought and heavy rainfall strongly affect the year-to-year variation in the total global yield of four important crops.

Climate extremes explain 18%-43% of global crop yield variations

May 2, 2019 1:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Climate extremes explain 18%-43% of global crop yield variations

CLEX researchers and colleagues from Australia, Germany and the US have quantified the effect of climate extremes, such as droughts or heatwaves, on the yield variability of staple crops around the world. Overall, year-to-year changes in climate factors during the growing season of maize, rice, soy and spring wheat accounted for 20%-49% of yield fluctuations, according to research published in Environmental Research Letters.