An up-to-date synthesis of climate change impacts on crop yields shows that the bounds of uncertainty are increasing. So why do estimates of the effect of climate change on crop productivity differ so much?
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Rötter, R. Robust uncertainty. Nature Clim Change 4, 251–252 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2181
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