Proctor Publishes Atmospheric Opacity Paper in Nature Food / by GlobalPolicyLab Member

Jon Proctor, a former GPL Fellow now at Harvard as a postdoctoral researcher, recently published a paper in Nature Food analyzing the impact of atmospheric opacity on crop yields worldwide.

He determined that heavier cloud cover accounted for improved maize and soy yields compared to clear-sky days, and that air pollution may play a negative role in future crop yields due to altered sunlight levels caused by changes in cloud composition.

Congrats, Jon!

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