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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Climate Change Could Cut Crop Yields Up To A Quarter

Farmers in many regions are already experiencing longer dry spells, unseasonable heatwaves and erratic weather due to climate change (Credit: AFP)

Climate change is on track to reduce by 11 percent in 2100 the yields that today provide two-thirds of humanity's calories from crops, even taking into account adaptation to a warming world, scientists said Wednesday.

As soon as 2050, this "moderate" scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions peak around 2040 and slowly taper off -- a trajectory aligned with current trends -- would see global losses of nearly eight percent.

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