HONG KONG (Reuters) -- With the climate set to get warmer from greenhouse gases, Chinese scientists predicted on Thursday that freshwater for agriculture will shrink further in China, reducing crop yields in the years ahead.

In a paper published in Nature, they said the temperature in China had gone up by 1.2 degrees Celsius since 1960 and will increase by another 1 to 5 degrees Celsius by 2100.

"Such a pronounced summer warming would inevitably enhance evapo-transpiration, increasing the risk of water shortage for agriculture," wrote the researchers, led by Shilong Piao of the Center of Climate Research at Beijing ...