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Ozone + Rising Temperatures = Problems for Food Security
2014-07-31 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: A new study shows that interactions between increasing temperature and air pollution can be quite significant when it comes to addressing food security. Conducted in part by researchers at MIT, a study looked in detail at global production of four leading food crops rice, wheat, corn, and soy. It predicts that effects will vary considerably from region to region, and that some of the crops are much more strongly affected by one or the other of the factors: For example, wheat is very sensitive...
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