New study refutes claims of drought-driven declines in plant productivity, global food security
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 13:30
in Mathematics & Economics
A new, comprehensive study by an international team of scientists, including scientists at Boston University in the US and the Universities of Viçosa and Campinas in Brazil, has been published in the current issue of Science (August 26, 2011) refuting earlier alarmist claims that drought has induced a decline in global plant productivity during the past decade and posed a threat to global food security.