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Impact of Climate Change in the Crops

By: Miroslava Hernandez

 Looking at the future the population will start to increase meaning that food and natural resources in general are going to be more demanded. As we know the earth is going through a big issue that is climate change which little by little is affecting our surroundings and this can become a  big problem affecting the ecosystems which are important because natural resources come from there. The agronomists have set their minds in increasing the yields as they return more crop residues to the soil, this makes a huge impact because this increases the soil organic carbon, making the soil much preferable and helping the sustainability of the agricultural industry in general. In hopes to study the soil organic carbon, nitrogen and the carbon dioxide which are important in the crops an experiment was carried out using different temperatures to represent climate change, different crops were used like maize and wheat to observe the reduce  in the yields , the results were little shocking because this can cause a damage in the environment if the soil is not good to use for agriculture the vegetables and a lot of resources that in the daily life humans  consume can become scarce and this can have a negative impact in the environmental sustainability. The multimodel ensemble does not have a negative impact on the environment in fact it helps the agronomist to see the effects and can move on from there. Reducing climate change could  have a great impact for future generations, the agronomists and the policymakers should focus on the results and keep doing studies.

                    

                                             Image 1& 2 show the results of the experiment and the multi model esemble.

                                                              References: 

Basso, B., Dumont, B., Maestrini, B., Shcherbak, I., Robertson, G. P., Porter, J. R., . . . Rosenzweig, C. (2018). Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Feedbacks on Crop Yields under Climate Change. Agricultural & Environmental Letters, 3(1), 180026. doi:10.2134/ael2018.05.0026




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  1. M MendezOctober 24, 2020 at 6:57 PM

    Were the crop residues increasing carbon dioxide production? If so, then despite this improving soil health and ecosystem services, it would be contradicting our efforts to promote environmental sustainability. Interesting findings.

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