The Influence of Climate Change on Global Crop Productivity
David B. Lobell, Sharon Gourdji
Abstract
Climate trends over the past few decades have been fairly rapid in many agricultural regions around the world, and increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and ozone (O3) levels have also been ubiquitous. The virtual certainty that climate and CO2 will continue to trend in the future raises
Topics & Concepts
Climate changeProductivityNatural resource economicsEnvironmental scienceCarbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphereAgricultureCrop productivityAgricultural productivityCarbon dioxideCertaintyClimatologyGlobal warmingAtmospheric sciencesEcologyEconomicsBiologyEconomic growthEpistemologyPhilosophyGeologyPlant responses to elevated CO2Climate change impacts on agricultureAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols