Tag Archives: crop failure

El Nino 2023 to 2024: Cocoa Beans, Chocolate shortage

Posted on October 7, 2024 by borderslynn

El Niño—the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), our planet’s single largest natural source of year-to-year variations in seasonal climate—has been disrupting climate in the tropics and beyond since May 2023, likely contributing to many months of record-high global ocean temperatures, … Continue reading →

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Reaping the whirlwind

Posted on April 9, 2013 by borderslynn

I am currently surrounded by fells covered in sandy coloured dried grasses, beneath which new shoots of vegetation are growing slowly, held back by the persistent easterly cold Siberian wind which has blown over the UK for the past month. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged cereals, cold spring, crop damage, crop failure, jet stream, maize, teosinte, Weather, wildlife mortality | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: crop failure

El Nino 2023 to 2024: Cocoa Beans, Chocolate shortage

Reaping the whirlwind

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