Decadal changes in wind speed have offset and then aggravated the impact of warming on maize production in China since 1980

作者：Z.-C. Zhang, Jialu Xu, Yuzhong Zhang, Huimin Zhuang, Shaokun Li, Fulu Tao, Zhao Zhang · 发表于：Nature Communications · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1038/s41467-025-64725-z · 被引用次数：6 · 研究领域：Aeolian processes and effects、Plant responses to elevated CO2、Climate change impacts on agriculture

decrease in growing-season wind speed anomaly after controlling for temperature and precipitation. Three decades of decreasing wind speed between 1980 and 2010 have enhanced China's maize production by 101.2 Mt, fully offsetting the loss due to warming temperatures. However, this compensatory effect has rapidly diminished in the last decade due to the reversal of wind trends, with expanding areas experiencing both increasing wind speeds and warming temperatures. The wind effect is substantially underestimated by crop models, exposing gaps in our current evaluation of climate risks to food security.