Heat stress is overestimated in climate impact studies for irrigated agriculture

Climate change will increase the number and severity of heat waves, and is expected to negatively affect crop yields. Here we show for wheat and maize across Europe that heat stress is considerably reduced by irrigation due to surface cooling for both current and projected future climate. We demonst...

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Main Authors: Stefan Siebert, Heidi Webber, Gang Zhao, Frank Ewert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa702f