Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - weather disaster /channels/news_feeds/all/term/weather%20disaster/rss en Droughts hit cereal crops harder since 1980s /channels/news/droughts-hit-cereal-crops-harder-1980s-257587 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Drought and extreme heat events slashed cereal harvests in recent decades by 9% to 10% on average in affected countries – and the impact of these weather disasters was greatest in the developed nations of North America, Europe and Australasia, according to a new study led by researchers from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the University of British Columbia.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/cereal1.jpg?itok=ox6uzBFm" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 06 Jan 2016 18:07:43 +0000 webfull 114932 at /channels