name = Maize Yield Projections
data = MaizeYields.mp4
creator = NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio
subcategory = land
keywords = land, Earth, agriculture, NASA, SVS, GISS
description = {{ Climate change will affect agricultural production worldwide. Average global crop yields for maize, or corn, may see a decrease of 24% by late century, if current climate change trends continue. The change in yields is due to the projected increases in temperature, shifts in rainfall patterns and elevated surface carbon dioxide concentrations due to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, making it more difficult to grow maize in the tropics.}}