‘Never-ending’ UK rain made 10 times more likely by climate crisis, study says | Winter downpours also made 20% wetter and will occur every three years without urgent carbon cuts, experts warn

silence7@slrpnk.net · 7 months ago

‘Never-ending’ UK rain made 10 times more likely by climate crisis, study says | Winter downpours also made 20% wetter and will occur every three years without urgent carbon cuts, experts warn

Rimu@piefed.social · 7 months ago

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.

whodatdair · 7 months ago

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

Blum0108@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

How did the war in Ukraine affect UK crops?

whodatdair · 7 months ago

Ah fair, missed that the original article was limited to the uk

WHARRGARBL@beehaw.org · 7 months ago

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.