Australian wheat yields plummet after decades of global heating, study finds

Farmers of one of the country's most important crops face challenging future as heating in Indian Ocean leads to drier conditions across wheat belt

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Global heating in the Indian Ocean has shifted a climate pattern towards drier conditions across Australia's globally important wheat belt causing a severe drop in yields over the past three decades, according to a new study.

Scientists from Australia and China warned as global heating continues, wheat-growing conditions would become more challenging.

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