Mid­west. Climate change impacts in the United States: The third national climate assessment

Abstract

In the next few decades, longer growing seasons and rising carbon dioxide levels will increase yields of some crops, though those benefits will be progressively offset by extreme weather events. Though adaptation options can reduce some of the detrimental effects, in the long term, the combined stresses associated with climate change are expected to decrease agricultural productivity.

Citation

Pryor, Sara C.; Scavia, Donald; Downer, Charles; Gaden, Marc; Iverson, Louis; Nordstrom, Rolf; Patz, Jonathan; Robertson, G. Phillip. 2014. Mid­west. Climate change impacts in the United States: The third national climate assessment. In: Melillo, J.M.; Rich­mond, T.C.; Yohe, G.W., eds. National Climate Assessment Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Global Change Research Program: 418-440.