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>Crops are generally loving climate change though, as more food will be produced than with colder temperatures This is not true. "each degree-Celsius increase
by moultano 7y ago
>Crops are generally loving climate change though, as more food will be produced than with colder temperatures
This is not true.
"each degree-Celsius increase in global mean temperature would, on average, reduce global yields of wheat by 6.0%, rice by 3.2%, maize by 7.4%, and soybean by 3.1%."
https://www.pnas.org/content/114/35/9326 https://www.pnas.org/content/114/35/9326
- mikeyouse 7y agoRight - It's very rare that the availability of carbon is the limiting function in plant growth. You can force more greening by providing a higher-carbon environment but it's almost always other combinations of nutrients, sunlight, or water that limit plant growth.