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Wildfires, droughts, floods, warming seas – what next!
Finally, southern England is getting rain after five heatwaves and 59 days of drought. Farmers have been forced to use winter feed stocks, while crops have been devastated. Across Europe and North America, wildfires have raged. Now, as summer ends, another climate threat is emerging: destructive flash floods, including devastating flooding in Nepal, possibly triggered…
Will this be the scene in southern England every summer in a few year time?
Western Europe had its hottest June-July period on record, surpassing previous thresholds set in 2022 and the summer is not over yet! The hot, dry weather has affected food production, people’s health and our water supply with empty reservoirs.
Crisis in UK farming caused by the war in the Middle East!
In the UK we largely rely on artificial fertilisers made from fossil fuels. The Government has singularly failed to develop a strategy for providing an alternative source for industrial manufactured imported fertilisers.