Potatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia
(www.theguardian.com)
When a massive crop of cheap and efficient calories is destroyed during a growing season, what are the socio-economic consequences?
Asking for an Irish friend
The heat has since been blamed for at least 31 deaths nationwide, according to the country’s disease control agency, while more than 900,000 livestock and 1.4 million farmed fish have died.
Yeah, that seems really bad