We may be underestimating the climate risk to crops: researchers

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-underestimating-climate-crops.html

The risks of harvest failures in multiple global breadbaskets have been underestimated, according to a study Tuesday that researchers said should be a "wake up call" about the threat climate change poses to our food systems.

#climatecrisis #risk #threat #research #cropfailure #starvation #market #futures #profit #corporate #SaveEarth #JustStopOil

From #TheTimes - photo of an article on #heatwave and #drought affecting food crops and how that is likely to lead to UK food shortages and rising costs. #ClimateChange #CropFailure #FoodSecurity #Inflation

The box asks 'what's on your mind?' and the answer is #cropfailure & #worldhunger .
Time to prepare basics for the coming months, years, decades? #climatebreakdown

@smeg

Googled, “Crop failure,” and you’re right ….

#CropFailure
#ClimateCatastrophe

@wdlindsy Just this. Googled, “ Crop failure.”
#ClimateChange
#CropFailure

From butter chicken to paneer makhani, Indian cuisine is unthinkable without the ubiquitous tomato.

But the culinary staple is now off the menu at homes and restaurants across the country after prices soared by more than 400% due to crop failures following scorching heat waves and heavy rains, according to farmers and agriculture experts.

#Food #Cooking #Agriculture #ClimateChange #CropFailure #Tomato
#India #IndianCuisine

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/india-tomato-shortage-climate-mcdonalds-intl-hnk/index.html

#india #heatwave predicted above-normal maximum temperatures for most of the country from April to June, as temperatures exceeded 45°C in parts of the country.

Millions of people exposed to heat exhaustion or lethal heatstroke.

“India suffers from the most pronounced heat-related labour losses in the world, as a majority of the country’s 1.4 billion population works outside, often without protection…

“Crop failures have become common in recent years as a result of repeated intense heatwaves. From wheat to peas to ground nuts, the crop died standing in the fields, burnt by the intense dryness of the unending drought.”

“…successive heatwaves have made India vulnerable to displacements due to water stress, coastal and riverine erosion, continued crop failure and ecosystem loss.”

#climateEmergency #Heatwaves #CropFailure #ecosystemLoss #DisplacedPeople

From: @RSMacKinnon
https://mstdn.ca/@RSMacKinnon/110403668863066797

https://www.brighteon.com/f84a44a4-1a51-4538-a3c4-592e8ae50739

#famine #cropfailure

@poostain @jasonbox pretty clear and frightening. The fact that we have locked in #sealevelrise, projected #cropfailure, #populationcollapse and the dialogue today is about if not the certainty that was clearly expressed.