‘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@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 months ago

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