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EU warns climate change could wipe out crop production in Europe
- mdorazio 7y agoI really hate it when climate change studies get reported with hyperbolic fearmongering like this - it undermines the entire movement because people can say, "look, you said cities would be underwater by now and everything looks fine!" Here's the actual finding: "yields of non-irrigated crops like wheat, corn and sugar beet are projected to decrease in southern Europe by up to 50 % by 2050" Irrigated crops will not be hit overly hard, and crop yields in Northern Europe will actually increase. It's also worth noting that Southern Europe doesn't actually produce all that much in terms of non-irrigated crops [1]. [1] https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/5q47rn72z/0g354t050/r494vz32w/production.pdf https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/...