Miller Magazine Issue 109 / January 2019

56 MILLER / JANUARY 2019 “If the Earth warms up by 2°C, the agricultural problems will be more severe, especially in the Sahel region, the Mediterranean, Central Europe, Amazon, and Western and Eastern Africa. Turkey is located in the Mediterranean basin, which is expected to be the most affected region by climate change. When considering the yield decrease given for the world, we should expect that the yield decrease will be 27 percent in wheat, 14.4 percent in rice and 33.3 percent in maize by the end of the century. We hope that states will understand the vital importance of the situation, take necessary measures and keep people away from the negative results.” There is no need to tell those dealing with agriculture and particularly farmers that climate change exists. Those who spend every day with nature are well awa- re of the reality that climate and environ- ment have been changing. Relatively, deci- sion makers are slower to give thought to this issue. In fact, it is very difficult to tell Climate change to reduce grain yield, food safety in danger Prof. M. Levent Kurnaz Bogazici University Center for Climate Change and Policy Studies Physics Department kurnaz@boun.edu.tr . Prof. Levent Kurnaz was born in Istanbul. He received his B.S. Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 1988, his M.S. Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and his B.S. Degree in Physics in 1990 from Bogazici University, his M.S. Degree in Physics in 1991 and his Ph.D. Degree in Physics in 1994 from University of Pittsburgh. Between 1995 and 1997 he worked as a research associate at Department of Chemistry in Tulane University. In 1997 he joined Bogazici University Physics Department as an assistant professor. Since he has been a Professor of Physics at Bogazici University. In 2014 he has been appointed as the Director of the Center for Climate Change and Policy Studies at Bogazici University. Prof. Kurnaz has 1 international book and 32 scientific papers in international journals. He has been an advisor to 27 M.S. and 9 Ph.D. thesis ongoing and finished. He is married with two children.