- Extreme heat waves and drought due to climate change have the potential to shock the global food supply and send prices soaring, according to a new study.
- The research, published Friday in the journal npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, assesses a worst-case scenario in which extreme weather hits two breadbasket regions in the same year, hammering winter wheat crops in both the U.S. Midwest and northeastern China.
- Winter wheat is planted in the fall, goes dormant in winter cold, then gets harvested in early summer.
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World’s Wheat Supply At Risk Of A Dangerous Shock
