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Frost risk by dwindling snow cover

Nature Climate Change volume 12, pages 421–423 (2022)Cite this article

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Global warming is expected to have beneficial impacts on overwintering crops in cool and temperate regions of the world. Now, statistical analysis that combines different sources of historical yield and meteorological data reveals that decreases in snowpack insulation partly reduce yield benefits of winter wheat.

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Fig. 1: Risk of frost damage.

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  1. Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Müncheberg, Germany

    Kurt Christian Kersebaum

  2. Global Change Research, Czech Academy of Science, Brno, Czech Republic

    Kurt Christian Kersebaum

  3. Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany

    Kurt Christian Kersebaum

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Kersebaum, K.C. Frost risk by dwindling snow cover. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 421–423 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01334-4

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