Wheat Yield to Decline as Temperatures Increase

Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 19:00 in Earth & Climate

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For every degree Celsius that the temperature increases, the world stands to lose 6 percent of its wheat crop, according to a new global study led by a University of Florida scientist. That's one fourth of the annual global wheat trade, which reached 147 million tons in 2013.

Read the whole article on Newswise - Scinews

More from Newswise - Scinews

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net