On Thursday, a team of researchers in the United States pointed out that both crops and livestock would be affected by the effects of global warming within 100 years. The scientists added that half of the world’s population would be affected by these issues.

The researchers stated that the tropics and the subtropics would be the most affected areas, although it seems that even people in temperate regions will have to bear higher temperatures with time.

Rosamond Naylor, director of Food Security the Environment at the Stanford University, and David Battisti, a University of Washington professor, predicted that current highest temperatures in every region on Earth would become year 2100’s average temperatures.

The two professors also stated that the research was based on a meta-analysis of over 23 global climatic models. Based on their previous observation and the study of global models, the researchers concluded that over the next 100 years there is a 90% probability that average lower temperatures in tropics and subtropics will be higher than today’s highest temperatures.

Professor Naylor showed that the research predicts that Earth will become a much hotter environment and warned the authorities to start developing a strategy in order to minimize any negative effects.

He also compared the study’s results with the summer of 2003, when temperatures rose at a worryingly rate, affecting the continent’s population and economy. At the time, many people were injured or died and food production was very affected.

The researchers advised the government to invest in promoting crop varieties that resist to a warmer climate and warned that water supplies would be lower, as a direct effect of the global warming.