Experts Worry Warmer Earth Will Slash Farm Yields

Urgent action is needed to make sure a warming climate doesn’t slash crop yields, heighten the risk of famine and deepen poverty for the world’s most vulnerable, international experts said on Monday.

“Climate change is not just in the future. It’s happening now,” said Cynthia Rosenzweig, a NASA scientist and co-chair of an international panel on climate change, told a meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Researchers held in Washington.
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