When a severe summer drought hit Europe in 2018, the impact on food systems was immediate.
When a severe summer drought hit Europe in 2018, the impact on food systems was immediate.
Poland’s corn crop declined by 20%. Germany’s total grain production dropped 16%. Romania’s oilseed production decreased 10%.
Four years later, climate change’s impact on ecosystems has become so profound that wet locations, such as forests, are acting more like dry systems, such as deserts.
Heather Throop, an associate professor in Arizona State University’s School of Space and Exploration, co-authored a piece in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution on the changing ecosystems, why it’s critical to understand the processes that occur in deserts and what the long-term implications might be.
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