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