Extreme heat, drought and moisture excess are increasingly co-occurring within a single
growing season, impacting crop yields in global breadbasket regions. In this Review, we …

BACKGROUND For centuries, thinkers have considered whether and how climatic
conditions influence the nature of societies and the performance of economies. A …

Identifying the effect of climate on societies is central to understanding historical economic
development, designing modern policies that react to climatic events, and managing future …

There is a clear need for transformative change in the land management and food
production sectors to address the global land challenges of climate change mitigation …

One of the greatest challenges humanity faces is feeding the world's human population in a
sustainable, nutritious, equitable and ethical way under a changing climate. Urgent …

Extreme events, such as those caused by climate change, economic or geopolitical shocks,
and pest or disease epidemics, threaten global food security. The complexity of causation …

Most regulations designed to reduce environmental externalities impose costs on
individuals and firms. A large and growing literature examines whether these costs are …

We estimate the impacts of drought, as defined by the US Drought Monitor (USDM), on crop
yields and farm income in the United States during the 2001–2013 time period. Our …

This paper examines how physical climate exposure affects firm performance and global
supply chains. We document that heat at supplier locations reduces the operating income of …

Over the past century, agricultural land use in the United States has seen drastic shifts to
support increasing demand for food and commodities; in many regions, this has resulted in …