Agriculture: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the United States

This volume reports the results of a rigorous and quantitative assessment of the impacts of climate change on US agriculture over the 21st century. It advances work on climate impacts by using scenarios from state-of-the-art climate models. It describes the forces likely to shape US agriculture over the next century, including policy and economic issues, and their interaction with climate change. It offers directions for future research and implications of climate change for agricultural policy. This authoritative assessment will be accessible to a broad readership of students, researchers, and policymakers.