Children born now may live in a world where the US can only produce half as much of its key food crops

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Source: CNN

Rising global temperatures are set to devastate food crops across the world, with particularly alarming impacts projected for the United States, where production of key crops could plummet 50% by the end of the century, according to a sweeping new analysis.

Of the many impacts of the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis, damage to the global food system is one of the most terrifying. But the overall impact of climate change on crops — and how much it can be offset by farmers’ adaptations — has been hard to establish and hotly debated.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/climate/food-crops-heat-rain