![]() ![]() The projected maize response was surprisingly large and negative, he said. “We did not expect to see such a fundamental shift, as compared to crop yield projections from the previous generation of climate and crop models conducted in 2014,” said lead author Jonas Jägermeyr, a crop modeler and climate scientist at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and The Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York City. These changes would make it more difficult to grow maize in the tropics, but could expand wheat’s growing range. Using advanced climate and agricultural models, scientists found that the change in yields is due to projected increases in temperature, shifts in rainfall patterns, and elevated surface carbon dioxide concentrations from human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. Maize crop yields are projected to decline 24%, while wheat could potentially see growth of about 17%. ![]() Lee este anuncio de prensa en español aqui.Ĭlimate change may affect the production of maize (corn) and wheat as early as 2030 under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, according to a new NASA study published in the journal, Nature Food. Climate change may affect the production of maize (corn) and wheat as early as 2030, according to a new NASA study.
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