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It’s the weekend. You’ve carved out time in your fast-paced, first-world life to enjoy a quiet breakfast, perhaps with a cup of coffee or tea. There’s a light sprinkle of rain pattering softly against your roof. You ponder the day’s weather, wondering how the rain will affect your plans. But beyond your immediate 10-mile radius, you probably don’t give much thought to the weather or climate elsewhere.
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Dukes, J., Hertel, T.W. (2018). Our Changing Climate. In: Eise, J., Foster, K.A. (eds) How to Feed the World. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-885-5_5
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