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Posted Tue Jan 31 2012: from Agence France-Press:
Climate-driven heat peaks may shrink wheat crops http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1327977799
More intense heat waves due to global warming could diminish wheat crop yields around the world through premature ageing, according to a study published Sunday in Nature Climate Change... a 2.0 Celsius increase above long-term averages shortened the growing season by a critical nine days, reducing total yield by up to 20 percent.
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