Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methods

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The potential impact of global temperature change on global crop yield has recently been assessed with different methods. Here we show that grid-based and point-based simulations and statistical regressions (from historic records), without deliberate adaptation or CO2 fertilization effects, produce similar estimates of temperature impact on wheat yields at global and national scales. With a 1 °C global temperature increase, global wheat yield is projected to decline between 4.1% and 6.4%.

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http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate3115.html
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12/09/2016