Archive for 15/08/2010

Rice yields to fall under global warming

A worrying report suggests that rice yields in Asia could fall with global warming.

Researchers have shown that as night time temperatures increase, rice yields drop.

More details can be found here.

As world population continues to grow, climate change could have a big impact on future food supplies. It is a time bomb just waiting to happen and could have disastrous effects later this century.

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