This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Monday, 29 April 2024
Climate Change Washing Up on UK Shores?
The UK's recent 'washout winter' seems likely to reduce the agricultural sector's yields of wheat; barley; oats and oil seed rape by some 20%. These losses will inevitably increase the prices of beer; bread and biscuits (shock, horror!). It will also necessitate the country having to increase its food imports, to make up the shortfalls (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/29/washout-winter-spells-price-rises-for-uk-shoppers-with-key-crops-down-by-a-fifth). Recent declines in inflation are, consequently, likely to stall. Higher food prices, mean higher living costs. The impact is, of course, highest on the poorest. Climate change may also alter the economic 'weather'.
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