As climate changes, trends towards warmer temperatures and variable rainfall are expected to have impacts on crops and on crop diseases, including fungal diseases. Overall the earth is getting wetter, and those areas are particularly likely to feel the influences of higher humidity, although there are certainly areas that are getting drier too. This article from Carbon Brief discusses some of the ways that important crops like rice, wheat, and soybeans may be impacted in the future. One note–the article says that Earth’s population is 9 billion, but the latest estimate I can find is about 7.8 billion, so the fact-checkers on this story missed this one. You can read it here.
