Global food supply threatened by climate change

GMA: Harvest time may not be quite as abundant as in previous years. The culprit? Climate change. Scientists have concluded that global warming makes it more difficult for crops to thrive in many parts of the world, posing a very real threat to the overall food supply, a “New York Times” report said. While rising temperatures have beneficial effects on crops planted in a few locales, in the coming decades global production of crops may be reduced by as much as two percent each decade, for the......

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