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SPX: Under the hotter, wetter conditions projected by the climate scenarios they used, the empirical model estimated that maize production could drop by 3.6 percent, while wheat output could increase by 6.2 percent. Meanwhile, the mechanistic model calculated that maize and wheat yields might go up by 6.5 and 15.2 percent, respectively.
The damage scientists expect climate change to do to crop yields can differ greatly depending on which type of model was used to make those projections, according to......
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How will crops fare under climate change?
Posted by SPX: None Given on August 21st, 2013
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