Climate change projected to boost insect activity and crop loss, researchers say
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Published in Science · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers project that insect activity will increase along with temperatures, boosting worldwide losses of rice, corn and wheat by 10-25 percent. For a 2-degree Celsius rise in surface temperatures, median losses in yield due to insect activity would be 31% for corn, 19% for rice and 46% for wheat.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Climate change projected to boost insect activity and crop loss, researchers say University of Washington · Aug 30, 2018 · first to report
- Crop losses due to insects could nearly double in Europe's bread basket due to climate University of Colorado at Boulder · Aug 30, 2018
- Hungry insects threaten food security in a warming climate American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Aug 30, 2018