Global warming threatens rice harvests more than crop models predict, study warns

Global warming threatens rice harvests more than crop models predict, study warns

A new study on how rising temperatures will affect rice production in Science Advances compares 214 observations from field-warming experiments with seven crop models, revealing modeled estimates for yield reductions from 1°C of global warming were roughly half those of the real-world observed experiments (3.8% instead of 8.1%). The study was led by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research with contributions from the Potsdam Institute for…

Extreme Heat, Not Just Warming, Threatens India's Rice Crop: Study

India could lose 6.6 percent of its rice harvest for every 1°C the planet warms — more than triple earlier estimates. Rice feeds nearly two-thirds of the country. The new figure comes from the largest real-world dataset yet built to answer a stubborn question: how much damage does extreme heat, as opposed to average warming, actually do to rice? The study, published in Science Advances, was led by scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environme…

Environmental News Network - Global Crop Models Underestimate How Rice Responds to Extreme Heat

A new study on how rising temperatures will affect rice production in Science Advances compares 214 observations from field-warming experiments with seven crop models, revealing modelled estimates for yield reductions from 1°C of global warming were roughly half those of the real-world observed experiments (3.8 percent instead of 8.1 percent).

Global Crop Models Underestimate How Rice Responds to Extreme Heat

A new study on how rising temperatures will affect rice production in Science Advances compares 214 observations from field-warming experiments with seven crop models, revealing modelled estimates for yield reductions from 1°C of global warming were roughly half those of the real-world observed experiments (3.8 percent instead of 8.1 percent).