“While the planet has warmed 1.2 degrees since the 19th century, when humans first started burning #FossilFuels at an industrial scale, Canada has warmed at twice that rate, and the Arctic at four times. ..An Earth that’s two degrees hotter translates to a #Canada at least four degrees hotter, on average. .“A hot, dry summer ..in the Canadian context that means forest fires, that means #CropFailures, that means urban #droughts .”

Cereal crops decimated by Europe's heatwave

https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/sourcing/cereal-crops-decimated-by-europes-heatwave/681361.article

The 2023 European cereal harvest is set to be its lowest since 2007 – at 256 million tonnes, some 9.5% lower than the five-year average of 283 million tonnes, European farming organization Copa Cogeca said this week.

Harvests in Portugal, Spain and Italy, where temperatures have regularly topped 40°C in July, are expected to be hardest hit by the heatwave.

#cropfailures #gettingworse #climatecrisis #foodchaincollapse #governmentinaction #bribery #starvation #climatedisplacement

Rampant #heatwaves threaten #FoodSecurity of entire planet, scientists warn

After hottest day ever, researchers say #GlobalHeating may mean future of #CropFailures on land and ‘silent dying’ in the oceans
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/21/rampant-heatwaves-threaten-food-security-of-entire-planet-scientists-warn
#ClimateCrisis #Environment #Food #Health #Sustainability #AgeofExtinction

#synchonised #cropfailures #science

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38906-7