Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube

The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water…

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/16/danube-drought-destroyed-crops-rock-of-starvation-climate-crisis

 

‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis

Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable…

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/20/crop-pests-food-losses-climate-crisis

 

California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds

'Forever chemicals' sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of 'obvious problem'…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals

 

Ice raids leave crops unharvested at California farms: ‘We need the labor’

Trump's immigration crackdown has made many immigrant farm workers scared to go to work…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/ice-raids-crops-california-farms

 

Fewer bees and other pollinating insects lead to shrinking crops

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in the U.S., due in part to pesticides, climate change, invasive plants and diminished habitats. Rachel Mallinger, assistant professor of entomology at the University of Florida, explains why these insects are in decline and how homeowners can create yards and gardens that are good for pollinators...

https://theconversation.com/fewer-bees-and-other-pollinating-insects-lead-to-shrinking-crops-228685

Extreme China heatwave could lead to global chaos and food shortages - NZ Herald

Cars. Batteries. Solar panels. Food. Global shortages and soaring prices are almost certain as China's seemingly never-ending heatwave sears on... 

...Now China is facing severe shortfalls in the autumn harvest of rice and wheat in the Yangtze basin. And analysts say that's likely to be yet another stressor on global food prices...

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/extreme-china-heatwave-could-lead-to-global-chaos-and-food-shortages/D3FVWMBGHJQD355FDM5R43MG4I/

 

Heat wave sends temperatures to 120F in South Asia : NPR

"Due to intense heat, the grain we're harvesting is shriveled," a Punjabi farmer named Major Singh told local TV. …

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/1096085028/climate-scientists-say-south-asias-heat-wave-120f-is-a-sign-of-whats-to-come

Avocados and vanilla among dozens of wild crop relatives facing extinction

…Crop yields around the world are forecast to drop as average temperatures rise, threatening food security as the human population approaches 10 billion. It is hoped breeding programmes with wild species will help crops adapt...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/07/avocado-and-vanilla-among-hundreds-of-crop-wild-relatives-facing-extinction-study-aoe

Food will be scarce, expensive and less nutritious, climate report says - CNN

Food will become scarcer, grocery prices will spike and crops will lose their nutritional value due to the climate crisis, according to a major report on land use from the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released Thursday....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/09/health/ipcc-report-food-security-climate-scn/index.html

China hits back at Trump by halting U.S. crop purchases and weakening its currency - Bloomberg

China responded to Donald Trump's tariff threat with another escalation of the trade war on Monday, letting the yuan tumble to the weakest level in more than a decade and asking state-owned companies to suspend imports of U.S. agricultural products.....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-05/china-hits-back-at-trump-with-weaker-yuan-halt-on-crop-imports

Farmers Are Using Twitter to Document the Disastrous Effects of Climate Change on Crops - Eater

A terrible, wet planting season is threatening U.S. crops, and farmers are live-tweeting it...
https://www.eater.com/2019/5/29/18644596/farmers-are-using-noplant19-to-document-climate-change

Ruined crops, salty soil: How rising seas are poisoning farmland - The Washington Post

The salty patches were small, at first — scattered spots where soybeans wouldn’t grow, where grass withered and died, exposing expanses of bare, brown earth...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ruined-crops-salty-soil-how-rising-seas-are-poisoning-north-carolinas-farmland/2019/03/01/2e26b83e-28ce-11e9-8eef-0d74f4bf0295_story.html

If House Republicans Get Their Way, Rural Americans Are Screwed - Mother Jones

Back in 2016, the Republican Party won the presidency and both chambers of Congress with strong support in rural areas, particularly among farmers. But since that triumph, the Grand Old Party hasn't exactly been a champion of rural interests. ...
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2018/05/if-house-republicans-get-their-way-rural-americans-are-screwed/

Climate Change Puts The Future Of California's Tree Crops In Jeopardy : The Salt : NPR

If These Trees Don't Get Time To Chill, Farmers Will Be Out On A Limb...
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/01/25/510571835/if-these-trees-dont-get-time-to-chill-farmers-will-be-out-on-a-limb?ft=nprml&f=1001