The researchers’ work, recently published in the Journal of the European Economic Association, analyzed a global dataset spanning 1979 to 2016 and found that agricultural losses were up to an order of magnitude larger than standard approaches predicted.
Heat waves, which are projected to become more frequent and intense as the century progresses, could cause as much as 10 times more crop damage than is now projected, a team of researchers led by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder has found.ÌýResearchers in psychology, behavioral economics and related fields are also studying how people perceive climate risks, who responds to them, how social connections enable or inhibit adaptive behavior, and more.Ìý
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Heat waves could cause 10 times more crop damage than now projected, research finds