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- cross-posted to:
- nature@feddit.uk
The underlying World Weather Attribution release is here
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/10/uk-food-production-down-record-rainfall-farmers
Wheat production is down 15% since November, the biggest reduction in cropped areas since 2020. Oilseed rape is down 28%, the biggest reduction since the 1980s, and winter barley is down 22% at 355,000 hectares, the biggest reduction since 2020.
So, the above effects, every 3 years.
And we’re just getting started.
Not to stray too close to giving denialists ammo, but wasn’t putin’s war a massive disaster for crops? Ukraine being bombed to a bloody pulp is likely at least partially to blame for these numbers I assume
What are you on about? No, if you read the article you can see this is about food grown in the UK, meaning the United Kingdom. This has nothing to do with Ukraine.
How did the war in Ukraine affect UK crops?
Ah fair, missed that the original article was limited to the uk
