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Crop yield is also negatively effected by drought stress, the reduction in crop yield results from a decrease in photosynthetic rate, changes in leaf development, and altered allocation of resources all due to drought stress. [72] Crop plants exposed to drought stress suffer from reductions in leaf water potential and transpiration rate.
The effect of increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on the nutritional quality of plants is not limited only to the above-mentioned crop categories and nutrients. A 2014 meta-analysis has shown that crops and wild plants exposed to elevated carbon dioxide levels at various latitudes have lower density of several minerals such as ...
Climate change will exacerbate current biotic stresses on agricultural plants and animals. [6] Increases of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2), rising temperatures, and altered precipitation patterns will affect agricultural productivity. Increases in temperature coupled with more variable precipitation will reduce productivity of crops, and ...
High wheat prices caused by the drought have discouraged farmers from investing in alternative drought-tolerant crops. [87] The United States Drought Monitor observed "extreme drought" conditions in much of the eastern half of Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire and the southern part of Maine in September 2016. [88]
In 2022, the state was experiencing its most serious drought in 1,200 years, worsened by climate change. [31] Climate change affects many factors associated with droughts. These include how much rain falls and how fast the rain evaporates again. Warming over land increases the severity and frequency of droughts around much of the world.
Drought stress will impact all of the state's 1,600 farmers and a third of the state's 250,000 acres of crawfish ponds. Josh Trahan, a crawfish farmer , depends on the business to sustain himself.
Heavy rain over the winter eased the drought in the West, but now the middle of the country is extraordinarily dry. Central US is now getting worst of the drought. Corn crops are stressed, rivers ...
The negative impact of agriculture is an old issue that remains a concern even as experts design innovative means to reduce destruction and enhance eco-efficiency. [2] Animal agriculture practices tend to be more environmentally destructive than agricultural practices focused on fruits, vegetables and other biomass. The emissions of methane ...