Tropical crops could suffer as climate change brings longer dry spells

Study looked at expected changes to rainfall and length of dry spells during dry and wet seasons in tropics separately, since the impacts of changes to rainfall patterns depends on timing. The researchers found dry spells would be up to 10 days longer, there would be less rainfall, and average temperatures would rise by up to 3C in several regions during the dry season. The onset of the wet season was also found to shift up to two weeks later in many regions.