High Plains Journal: The Midwestern U.S. faces potential disruptions to its agricultural economy, and dangerous levels of heat in many of its largest cities, if climate change continues unabated, according to a new report released Jan. 23 by the Risky Business Project.
Heat in the Heartland: Climate Change and Economic Risk in the Midwest details how extreme heat--the signature impact of a changing climate--could transform the Midwests economy.
Absent significant adaptation, overall crop yields will likely decline,...