Hunger at the 2°C Dinner Table 0826.rtf
Why Egyptian Farmers Are Growing Crops under Solar Panels 0826.rtf
Record-Early Champagne Harvest, as Climate Change Impacts French Vineyards 0826.rtf
Vulnerability to High Temperature Shapes Global Warming Impacts on Rice Yield 0726.rtfWorld Food Prices Hit 3-Year High in July, as Weather and War Weigh - FAO 0826.rtfFrance Sees Smallest Corn Crop Since 1980 on Heat, Drought 0826.rtfDrought-Hit Britain Heads for Worst Cereal Harvest in 4 Decades 0826.rtfEl Niño Could Push 50 Million People into Acute Hunger before 2028 - 0826.rtfHow Weather Extremes Impact Local Agriculture in Germany 0726.rtfUganda Starves 0726.rtfEl Niño Worsens Plight of Asia’s Rice Belt after War Price Shock 0726.rtfIndia’s Rainfall Rollercoaster Raises Risks for Crops and Power Grids 0726.rtfFrench Heat Wave May Have Slashed Corn Crop by Up to 1:3 - 0726.rtfHotter, Pricier Planet 0626.rtfPollinators in Peril - Hidden Human Health Costs of World’s Disappearing Bees 0626.rtfSuper El Niño Is Here. What Happens Next Could Upend Food Systems Globally. 0626.rtfHotter Planet, Higher Food Prices 0626.rtfAs Wells Run Dry, Farmers Struggle to Survive in Bangladesh 0626.rtfKansas Wheat Crop Could Be Worst since 1972, from Weather Extremes, Costs 0526.rtfHow Climate Change Is Pushing Even Rich-Nation Agriculture to the Brink 0526.rtf - Extreme heat harms crops and livestock, while it reduces the number of hours farmers can work.Asia Heat Waves Spell Double Trouble for Economies Hit by Oil 0526.rtf - Disruption of fertilizer deliveries, mostly from the Middle East, combined with climate uncertainty that brings soaring temperatures and dry weather, drives up food costs (inflation).World Food Systems ‘Pushed to the Brink’ by Extreme Heat 0426.rtf - Our crops are productive when the temperature is within a certain range. With extreme heat, this range is often breached. With high heat, crops wither, so many of them don't even get close to being harvested. Moreover, livestock suffer from the heat, as do crops and humans, compounded by less food as crops wither.US Wheat Crops Wither, Herds Thin as Spring Drought Deepens 0426.rtfThe World Is Getting Too Hot to Feed Itself 0426.rtf - For example, in 2024 after an earlier bad heat wave, Brazil saw a 144°F heat index in Rio de Janeiro, followed months later by devastating rainfall and floods farther south. Yields of soy and corn, 2 of Brazil’s biggest commodities, fell in southeastern states like São Paulo. Peanuts, potatoes, sugarcane, and arabica coffee also suffered widespread losses. Droves of livestock pigs in the central-western region were afflicted with severe heat stress for the better part of a year. In Chile, warming seas in 2016 prompted massive algae blooms that killed off an estimated 100,000 metric tons of farmed salmon and trout, creating the largest aquaculture mortality event in history. After a record heat wave hit India in 2022, wheat in over 1/3 of Indian states fell anywhere from 9 to 34%, dairy animals afflicted with heat stress produced up to 15% less milk, and some cabbage and cauliflower yields were halved. Last spring in Kyrgyzstan’s Fergana mountain range, a region known for its year-round snow, spring temperatures rose 50°F higher than the seasonal average — a bout of weather so unusual that it contributed to a locust outbreak and dramatic declines in cereal harvests.Effects of Co-Applied Basalt and Biochar on Carbon Removal Efficiency and Grain Yield in Rice Paddy 0426.rtf - With biochar co-applied, the basalt increased rice yields by 20%, while sequestering 32% as much CO2 mass as the basalt mass applied and further reduced CH4 and N2O emissions by 30.5% and 52.1%.Groundwater Depletion with Surge in Giant Sinkholes Threaten Turkey Farmers 0226.rtf‘Unprecedented’ Emissions Maps Hill Hone Agricultural Mitigation 0226.rtfFood Becoming More Calorific but Less Nutritious, due to Rising CO2 1225.rtfCrop Pests and Food Losses Supercharged by Climate Crisis 1225.rtfHow Climate Breakdown Is Putting the World’s Food in Peril 1225.rtfRecent US Droughts Hit Top Cattle Counties Hardest 1225.rtfChina Races to Secure Corn Harvest After Heavy Rains Rot Crops 1025.rtfClimate Change Comes for Coffee 1025.rtfFarmers across Europe Struggle to Adapt to the Climate Crisis 0825.rtfHistoric Drought, Wheat Shortage to Test Syria’s New Leadership 0825.rtfClimate Change, Trump Energy Policy Make Producing Healthier Food Harder 0825.rtfFarmers Consider Abandoning Drought-Hit Region in Central Hungary 0825.rtfDramatic Hunger Surge Strikes the Middle East and Africa, UN Survey Shows 0725.rtfHydroponic Farming Is Tackling Somalia’s Hunger Crisis 0725.rtf‘Climateflation’ Could Push Up UK Food Prices More than 1:3 by 2050 - 0725.rtfExtreme Weather Caused by Climate Change Is Raising Food Prices Worldwide 0725.rtfRice Is in Short Supply in Japan 0525.rtfEuropean and British Soils Seriously Degraded by Intensive Farming 0525.rtfCoconuts Get Pricier, as Poor Weather Drives Global Shortage 0425.rtfGlobal Food Production at Increased Risk from Excess Salt in Soil - UN 1224.rtfDroughts in Brazil and Vietnam Are Driving up Global Coffee Prices 1224.rtfClimate Change Stops Workers Getting to the Farm 1124.rtf1 in 11 People Went Hungry Last Year. Climate Change Is a Big Reason Why. 0724.rtfUK’s Muddy Fields Are the Latest Climate Threat to Food Security 0624.rtfHow High Will 'Heatflation' Take Middle East Food Prices? 0624.rtfThe Race to Map the World’s Forests and Protect $110 Billion of Trade 0624.rtf - for supply chains of food products to the European Union. EU wants deforestation-free or minimum food imports. Coffee, palm oil, cattle and soy highlighted. Many mall family farms find certification to be too expensive to do, and look elsewhere than EU to sell their products..How an El Niño-Driven Drought Brought Hunger to Southern Africa 0524.rtfChina’s $4 Billion Lychee Harvest Devastated by Extreme Weather 0524.rtfUS Midwest Spring Planting Is Delayed by Increasing Spring Rains 0524.rtfOlive Oil Prices Climb as Production Falls to Lowest Levels in a Decade 0524.rtf24+ Million Face Hunger, Water Shortages as Extreme Droughts, Floods Sweep Southern Africa 0424.rtfClick for moredrops in iron, zinc and protein as CO2 levels rise to ~560 ppm, except for the few C4 crops: corn, sorghum, etc.
T. Richard et al., from Nielsen Persihables Group at Arizona State University, via Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2014
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