Observations

2022-2024 Articles

Global Food Production at Increased Risk from Excess Salt in Soil - UN 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

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

UK’s Muddy Fields Are the Latest Climate Threat to Food Security 0624.rtf

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

The 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.rtf

China’s $4 Billion Lychee Harvest Devastated by Extreme Weather 0524.rtf

US Midwest Spring Planting Is Delayed by Increasing Spring Rains 0524.rtf

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

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

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Higher Temperatures Bring Higher Food and Other Prices 0324.rtf - By 2060, the climate-triggered part of inflation should grow. Global food prices are predicted to increase 2.2 to 4.3% annually, the study said. That translates to a 1.1 to 2.2% increase in overall inflation.
The World Is Quietly Losing the Land It Needs to Feed Itself 0224.rtf

Urban Farming Has a Surprisingly High Climate Toll 0124.rtf

Climate Change, Extreme Weather & Conflict Exacerbate Global Food Crisis 0224.rtf

Disasters Cause $3.8 Trillion in Crop Losses over 30 Years – FAO 1023.rtf

As Extreme Weather Increasingly Threatens Crops, Taxpayers Pay the Price 1123.rtf

Disease, Climate Change Cut Down Brazil's Orange Yields 1023.rtf

Blueberry Collapse in Peru - Analyzing Market Impact and Consequences 1023.rtf

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

Food Prices Rise with Export Limits. Blame Climate Change, Ukraine War, Niño.rtf

Searing Heat Reshapes US Food Production 0923.rtf

Climate Change Is Helping Pests and Diseases Destroy Our Food 0823.rtf

Why Are We Paying for Crop Failures in the Desert? 0823.rtf

Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round 0823.rtf

Heavy Rains Devastate Crops in China’s Northeastern Grain Basket 0823.rtf

Olive Oil Industry in Crisis, as Europe’s Heat Wave Threatens Another Harvest 0723.rtf

Indian Culinary Must-Have, the Tomato, Is off the Menu, as Prices Jump 400% - 0723.rtf

What’s a Georgia Summer without Peaches? Not So Sweet 0723.rtf

Climate, Environmental Change Puts 90% of World's Marine Food at Risk 0623.rtf

The Climate Crisis Is Raising Your Grocery Bills 0423.rtf

A Warmer Planet, Less Nutritious Plants and … Fewer Grasshoppers? 0423

Plant Pandemics Threatening Global Food Supplies 0423.rtf

California’s Salmon Fishers Face Canceled Season 0423.rtf

Alaska’s Climate-Driven Fisheries Collapse Devastates Indigenous Communities 0323.rtf

With Climate Change, Crops Migrate North 1122.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

West Africa Floods Destroy Crops, Worsening Hunger Fears 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

Hotter Summers Are Baking the Water Out of Soil, at Unprecedented Rates 1022.rtf

Extreme Hunger on the Rise in the World’s Worst Climate Hot Spots 0922.rtf

US Farmers Face Plague of Pests as Global Heating Raises Soil Temperatures 0922.rtf

Hotter Summer Nights Affect Everything from Death Rates to Crop Yields to Firefighting 0822.rtf

Horn of Africa Drought Places 22 Million People at Risk of Starvation 0822.rtf

Drought and Rising Prices Are Fueling Insecurity in Kenya 0822.rtf

American Farmers Are Killing Crops and Selling Cows due to Extreme Drought 0822.rtf

Summer Nights Are Heating Up, Harming Crops and Livestock 0822.rtf

Heatflation - How Sizzling Temperatures Drive Up Food Prices 0722.rtf

Conflict, Climate Super-Charge Forces Behind African Famine, Food Insecurity 0622.rtf

49 Million People Face Famine as Ukraine War, Climate Disasters Intensify 0622.rtf

Climate Change Puts Agrivoltaic Projects in Northern Africa in the Spotlight 0522.rtf

A Heat Wave’s Lamented Victim - The Mango, India’s King of Fruits 0522.rtf

Crop Land ‘Deteriorating’ in Canada as Excess Rain Hinders Planting 0522.rtf

Climate Change Threatens China with Yet Another Deadly Flood Season 0522.rtf - Flooding harms crops too.

Salt Scourge - The Dual Threat of Warming and Rising Salinity 0522.rtf

Wheat Can’t Catch a Break Right Now 0522.rtf - war in Ukraine breadbasket, record heat in India, etc.

Heat to Scorch India’s Wheat Supplies, Adding Food-Shortage Worries to World 0522.rtf

Response to Rising Hunger Threatens Climate Goals 0422.rtf - Further use of fossil fuels and an expansion of unsustainable agricultural practices could exacerbate the climate crisis and deepen poverty and food insecurity.

As Alaska Warms, Talkeetna Birch Tree Tappers Wrestle with Erratic Season 0422.rtf

China Faces Worst Crop Conditions Ever, due to Climate Change 0322.rtf

US Crop Insurance Payouts Rise Steeply, as Climate Change Worsens Droughts, Floods 0122.rtf

The Corn Belt’s Topsoil Loss Is Increasing Carbon Emissions, Lowering Yields 0122.rtf