‘Totally reliant on Mother Nature’: UK drought raises water security fears
- London, United Kingdom – In a wheat field near High Wycombe in the rolling English countryside, Alex Nelms watched the harvest on his farm die in a matter of days.
- His crop had looked strong until the first heatwave came in May, when temperatures surpassed 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) just as his milling wheat entered its grain-fill phase, the critical weeks when the plant fattens its kernels.
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- London, United Kingdom – In a wheat field near High Wycombe in the rolling English countryside, Alex Nelms watched the harvest on his farm die in a matter of days.
- His crop had looked strong until the first heatwave came in May, when temperatures surpassed 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) just as his milling wheat entered its grain-fill phase, the critical weeks when the plant fattens its kernels.
- Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Sudan’s date palm trees under threat from drought and wildfireslist 2 of 4How wildfires are scorching France’s wine industrylist 3 of 4El Nino: A
Sources: Al Jazeera