Facing a Threat to Farming and Food Supply

By Paul Racette, posted on November 19th, 2007 in Agriculture, Climate

Originally Published by washingtonpost.com - Science News and Headlines From The Washington Post

Several recent analyses have concluded that the higher temperatures expected in coming years — along with salt seepage into groundwater as sea levels rise and anticipated increases in flooding and droughts — will disproportionately affect agriculture in the planet’s lower latitudes, where most of the world’s poor live.