Future warming increases probability of globally synchronized maize production shocks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 26, 2018, Pages 6644-6649

  Tigchelaar, Michelle ^a   Battisti, David S ^a   Naylor, Rosamond L ^b   Ray, Deepak K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food security; Price volatility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT TOLERANCE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; PLANT BREEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FOOD GRAIN; FORECASTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HUMAN; MARKETING; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMMERCE; EDIBLE GRAIN; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MARKETING; PLANT BREEDING; POVERTY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85049046224     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1718031115     Document Type: Article

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