Plausible rice yield losses under future climate warming

Zhao, C.; Piao, S.; Wang, X.; Huang, Y.; Ciais, P.; Elliott, J.; Huang, M.; Janssens, I. A.; Li, T.; Lian, X.; Liu, Y.; Müller, Christoph; Peng, S.; Wang, T.; Zeng, Z.; Peñuelas, J.

doi:10.1038/nplants.2016.202

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Plausible rice yield losses under future climate warming

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Zhao, C.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Piao, S.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Wang, X.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Huang, Y.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Ciais, P.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Elliott, J.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Huang, M.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Janssens, I. A.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Li, T.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Lian, X.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Liu, Y.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

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Müller, Christoph
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

Peng, S.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Wang, T.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Zeng, Z.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

Peñuelas, J.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Cooperation Partners;

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Zhao, C., Piao, S., Wang, X., Huang, Y., Ciais, P., Elliott, J., Huang, M., Janssens, I. A., Li, T., Lian, X., Liu, Y., Müller, C., Peng, S., Wang, T., Zeng, Z., Peñuelas, J. (2016): Plausible rice yield losses under future climate warming. - Nature Plants, 3, 16202.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.202

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Abstract

Rice is the staple food for more than 50% of the world's population1–3. Reliable prediction of changes in rice yield is thus central for maintaining global food security. This is an extraordinary challenge. Here, we compare the sensitivity of rice yield to temperature increase derived from field warming experiments and three modelling approaches: statistical models, local crop models and global gridded crop models. Field warming experiments produce a substantial rice yield loss under warming, with an average temperature sensitivity of −5.2 ± 1.4% K−1. Local crop models give a similar sensitivity (−6.3 ± 0.4% K−1), but statistical and global gridded crop models both suggest less negative impacts of warming on yields (−0.8 ± 0.3% and −2.4 ± 3.7% K−1, respectively). Using data from field warming experiments, we further propose a conditional probability approach to constrain the large range of global gridded crop model results for the future yield changes in response to warming by the end of the century (from −1.3% to −9.3% K−1). The constraint implies a more negative response to warming (−8.3 ± 1.4% K−1) and reduces the spread of the model ensemble by 33%. This yield reduction exceeds that estimated by the International Food Policy Research Institute assessment (−4.2 to −6.4% K−1) (ref. 4). Our study suggests that without CO2 fertilization, effective adaptation and genetic improvement, severe rice yield losses are plausible under intensive climate warming scenarios.