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SUBMITTER: Olmstead AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3021086 | biostudies-other | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Olmstead Alan L AL Rhode Paul W PW
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20101227 2
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects that temperatures in the major grain-growing areas of North America will rise by 3-4 °C by 2100. Such abrupt changes will create major challenges, significantly altering the area suitable for wheat. The historical record offers insight into the capability of agriculture to adapt to climatic challenges. Using a new county-level dataset on wheat production and climate norms, we show that during the 19th and 20th centuries North American grain ...[more]