Drought & Heat Effects

Articles

Drought Hit China’s Breadbasket 0525.rtf

Workers Farm at Night to Avoid Intense Heat, but it Has Other Negative Effects 1224.rtf

Droughts in Brazil and Vietnam Are Driving up Global Coffee Prices 1224.rtf

Climate Change Stops Workers Getting to the Farm 1124.rtf

Combination of Heat and Drought Walloped Virginia Vegetable Farmers 0924.rtf

1 in 11 People Went Hungry Last Year. Climate Change Is a Big Reason Why. 0724.rtf

‘We Can’t Let the Animals Die’ - Deserts Come to Sicily Farmers 0724.rtf

Drought Gripping Morocco Is Bad Omen for Global Food Supplies 0624.rtf

Climate Change Is Already Making Your Bills More Expensive 0624.rtf

China’s Record Heat and Heavy Rain Raise Food Security Concerns 0624.rtf

Egypt's Extreme Heat Is Ominous Warning for Global Economies This Summer 0624.rtf

10s of Millions of Acres of US Cropland Lie Abandoned 0624.rtf - A good chunk of it is over where the Ogallalla Aquifer used to lie nearer the surface. Over-pumping is a bigger factor than sustained drought. But rain is too sparse to support much or any rainfed agriculture there, especially as water evaporates quicker in the hotter climate.

How High Will 'Heatflation' Take Middle East Food Prices? 0624.rtf

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Rotten Bananas in a Scorching India Expose Climate's Food Cost 0524.rtf

Olive Oil Prices Climb as Production Falls to Lowest Levels in a Decade 0524.rtf

Mega-Drought Forces End to Sugarcane Farming in Parched Texas Borderland 0424.rtf

Spanish Winemaker Plans Staff Cuts due to Climate Change 0424.rtf

24+ Million Face Hunger, Water Shortages as Extreme Droughts, Floods Sweep Southern Africa 0424.rtf

Texas Panhandle Wildfires Wreak Havoc on the State’s Agriculture Industry 0324.rtf

Will a Shrinking Colorado River Shrivel the Produce Aisle? 0124.rtf

Climate Change Threatens These Californian Fruits and Nuts 1223.rtf

Heat Worsens Hunger in Yemen 1023.rtf

Olive Oil Prices Reach Record Highs, as Spain’s Harvest Is Halved 1023.rtf

Searing Heat Reshapes US Food Production 0923.rtf

Driest August in over a Century Risks Worsening India’s Grain Curbs 0823.rtf

As Temperatures Climb, Millions More People Face Food Insecurity 0823.rtf - As heat keeps people from working while avoiding heat stroke, income drops for the very poorest, making food less affordable. Bad effects of heat on crop growth are not discussed.

Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round 0823.rtf - Among other things, it decreases wheat output in India.

Why Are We Paying for Crop Failures in the Desert? 0823.rtf - US subsidizes losses with crop insurance. That provides incentive to grow thirsty crops in places with little water.

Rampant Heat Waves Threaten Food Security of Entire Planet, Scientists Warn 0723.rtf

A $24 Billion Wave of Climate Losses Faces Meat and Dairy Firms 0323.rtf

Worst Drought ‘in Living Memory’ Threatens the World’s Olive Oil Supply 0922.rtf

Climate Change Driving Millions to the Precipice of a ‘Raging Food Catastrophe’ 1222.rtf

Egypt’s Barren Fields Are Dire Bellwether for Climate Summit 1122.rtf

Extreme Heat Is Stressing Cows, Jeopardizing Global Dairy Supply 1122.rtf

Africa’s Unreported Extreme Weather in 2022 and Climate Change 1022.rtf

Water Crisis Squeezes California Tomato Farmers, as Growing Costs Keep Rising 1022.rtf

‘The worst we’ve seen’ - Ranchers Threatened by Historic Heat and Drought 1022.rtf

U.S. Fruit Sellers Seek Canada for Berry Production amid Drought, Rising Costs 0922.rtf

How Drought and War Are Really Affecting the Global Food Supply 0922.rtf

‘Famine Is at the Door’ in Somalia, U.N. Warns 0922.rtf