Is rainfall a greater threat to China's agriculture than warming?
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 10:00
in Earth & Climate
New research into the impact of climate change on Chinese cereal crops has found rainfall has a greater impact than rising temperature. The research, published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture found that while maize is sensitive to warming increases in temperature from 1980 onwards correlated with both higher and lower yields of rice and wheat.