| 单词 | crop failure |
| 例句 | A farmer might plant a dozen or more different varieties at one time, adjusting the mix from season to season in order to manage the risk of a crop failure. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Even if crop failures in one region are fully offset by rich harvests in others, some people are going to bear the costs of El Niño's direct impact. What this year’s El Niño means for wheat and global food supply 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Because El Niño does induce crop failures, but for food grown around the world the losses tend to be offset by positive changes in production across other key producing regions. What this year’s El Niño means for wheat and global food supply 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z So while we wait around to fully succumb to drought, crop failure, and famine, here’s a list of the five most awful atheists. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z Satellite data helps us predict food insecurity threats or crop failures. Space agriculture boldly grows food where no one has grown before 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z One that’s particularly well aimed could destroy Earth’s ozone layer, leading to crop failures, not to mention widespread blindness. That’s All, Folks: A Serious Joke Book About Climate Change 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Novelty is not rewarded with protection against crop failures. After the pandemic flour craze, micro-millers take stock 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Schechinger points out that crop insurance could encourage farmers to keep planting crops in areas where they're increasingly unsuitable, by financially insulating the farmers from growing rates of crop failure. Farmers are reckoning with a harsh new climate reality 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z In the 1850s, there were massive crop failures in the heart of the Ashkenazic world: Poland, Ukraine and the Pale of Settlement, territories in czarist Russia where Jews were allowed to live. How latkes took over your Hanukkah table — and how to get out of that rut 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z With the manufacturer citing "several spiraling events, including unexpected crop failure from the spring chile harvest" in northern Mexico, sriracha appears to be yet another victim of climate change. Worried about the sriracha shortage? It's easy to make your own 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z He was passing through an Indian village in 2017 when he came across the funeral procession for a farmer who had taken his own life because of crop failure. Earthshot Prize: Asia leads the way in quest to repair planet 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z In drought areas that have experienced crop failure, malnourishment has also reduced immunity to diseases. As climate change leads to more and wetter storms, cholera cases are on the rise 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Hordes of angry and destitute refugees, massive die-off of plants and animals, burning forests, weather disasters and crop failures, loss of infrastructure, failures of the power grid and so much more. Climate crisis: Humanity remains oblivious 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z In the 1980s, while based in Rome and Athens, he made frequent trips to sub-Saharan Africa to cover devastating droughts, crop failures and famine. Henry Kamm, Pulitzer-Winning New York Times Journalist, Dies at 98 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z The economic toll, from damaging storms to crop failures, is mounting, she said. A Climate Laggard in America’s Industrial Heartland Has a Plan to Change, Fast 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Beyond that point, scientists say, the effects of heat waves, flooding, drought, crop failures and species extinction would become significantly harder for humanity to handle. Auto-Industry Group Blasts Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z “Plant Grow Harvest Repeat” is your guide to jumping into the growing season at any point or dusting yourself off and replanting after a crop failure. Tips from 'Plant Grow Harvest Repeat' to extend your garden's growing season 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Lower temperatures meant that crop yields were lower, outright crop failures more common, and famines more frequent. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He forced the mass relocation of peasants from the south to augment the population in parts of central and northern China that had been hard hit by crop failures and epidemics. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Farmers across the Western Mediterranean have warned that crop failures are likely. Spanish Civil Guard raid illegal wells amid drought 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Beyond that point, the effects of catastrophic heat waves, flooding, drought, crop failure and species extinction would become significantly harder for humanity to handle. E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Beyond that point, scientists say, the effects of catastrophic heat waves, flooding, drought, crop failures and species extinction would become significantly harder for humanity to handle. E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electric Car Sales Tenfold 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Beyond that point, scientists say, the effects of catastrophic heat waves, flooding, drought, crop failures and species extinction become significantly harder for humanity to handle. Calculating the Fastest Road to an Electric Car Future 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z At the beginning of the century, a period of worsening weather resulted in crop failures and food shortages that left Europe vulnerable to the ravages of the bubonic plague, a deadly bacterial disease. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Beyond that point, scientists say, the impacts of climate change — catastrophic heat waves, crop failures and species extinction — will become much harder for humanity to handle. Your Tuesday Briefing: Xi Meets Putin in Moscow 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z But by the 2030s, as temperatures rise, climate hazards are expected to increase all over the globe as different countries face more crippling heat waves, worsening coastal flooding and crop failures, the report says. Earth to Hit Critical Warming Threshold by Early 2030s, Climate Panel Says 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z These aren’t merely tough weather events, they are leading to extremes such as crop failure, infrastructure damage, even humanitarian crises and conflict. Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The drought in Canada and Asia caused by the 2014-16 El Niño phase resulted in crop failure and damaged the food security of more than 60m people, according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation. What are El Niño and La Niña, and how do they change the weather? 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The plague’s arrival in Europe occurred after a period of economic contraction following a series of famines and crop failures earlier in the fourteenth century. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Bisons' near-extinction also degraded grassland ecosystems, contributing to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s — an environmental catastrophe in which severe dust storms swept across the southern plains and caused widespread crop failure. Biden administration pledges $25 million to bring bison back to tribal lands 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Beyond that point, scientists say, the impacts of catastrophic heat waves, flooding, drought, crop failures and species extinction become significantly harder for humanity to handle. Earth to Hit Critical Warming Threshold by Early 2030s, Climate Panel Says 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The songs include “Busted,” the story of a dirt-poor farmer bemoaning his overdue bills, crop failures, and other financial woes while maintaining a sense of hope for the future. New this week: ‘True Lies,’ Wallen and ‘Creed’ film fest 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The crop failures are examples of how global warming is a “secret driver of inflation,” one market researcher said: Climate change exacerbates extreme weather, which can impact production. Your Monday Briefing: A Testy Exchange Between the U.S. and China 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Allegations of witchcraft could result from things like contracting an illness, having a crop failure or experiencing a marital dispute. Their Ancestors Were Convicted of Witchcraft in Connecticut. They Want Justice. 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Drought has hit the region since 2019 with last year seeing the driest year in Central Argentina since 1960, widespread crop failures and Uruguay declaring an agricultural emergency in October. Study: Don’t blame climate change for South American drought 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Kenya and other east African nations have been experiencing some of the worst drought conditions in decades, causing crop failure, loss of livestock, wildlife and biodiversity, and malnutrition. Kenya seeks divine help to end crippling, ongoing drought 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z A heat wave here, a crop failure there. "The Last of Us" is an almost-perfect metaphor for climate change, but it gets one thing wrong 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The 2014-16 El Niño event caused drought in Canada and Asia, resulting in crop failure and damaging the food security of more than 60m people, according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation. What are El Niño and La Niña, and how do they change the weather? 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z “It’s going to be such a really large market. There’s actually animal feed shortages in this country right now, ramifications of what’s happening in Ukraine, droughts and other crop failures,” Stark said. Cows fed hemp produced milk with THC, researchers say 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Scientists project continued heat deaths, crop failures, and water rationing during drought in Southern Europe in coming decades. Explainer: COP27: How climate change impacts countries around the world 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s the threshold beyond which scientists say the likelihood of catastrophic climate impacts — such as deadly heat waves, water shortages, crop failures and ecosystem collapse — significantly increases. What Is COP27? And Other Questions About the Big U.N. Climate Summit 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z But climate changes can change animals' migration patterns, and likewise crop failures can prompt humans to search for food from exotic animals they may not normally eat. "The Last of Us" is an almost-perfect metaphor for climate change, but it gets one thing wrong 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The Times’ analysis of state licensing records and production estimates put the state’s 2021 legal crop at well more than 7 million pounds, even accounting for crop failures and growers who did not plant. The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Climate researchers predict widespread famine and migration crises fueled by drought and crop failures within this century. The Optimistic Art of Mary Mattingly 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Over the years, droughts have led to crop failure, livestock deaths and millions of cases of malnutrition. Nakate: Leaders are missing the human face of climate change 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z She foresees massive tragedies in the tropics and subtropics due to baking heat, water shortages and crop failures. Review | How to deal with climate refugees? Probably not like this. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Few residents struggling in those temperatures would have been able to afford such a meal: The heat wave struck during the Great Depression, six years into a sustained period of crop failure and economic hardship. The U.S. is sweltering. The heat wave of 1936 was far deadlier. 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z But bad weather and breakdowns in the coordination of farm machinery brought more crop failure. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z In times of dire emergency, however, such as in the aftermath of earthquakes, volcanoes, or crop failure, they resorted to sacrificing prisoners. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z This in turn would cause global crop failures that — in a worst-case scenario — could put 5 billion people on the brink of death. Nuclear War Could Spark Global Famine 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z A major 2017 scientific report, the National Climate Assessment, detailed the economic cost of climate change, from record wildfires in California, crop failures in the Midwest and crumbling infrastructure in the South. Five Decades in the Making: Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z In 2018, the widespread drought led to crop failures, which raised food prices. Is the UK heading for a drought and will there be a hosepipe ban? 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z There were serious crop failures in Europe and North America, and a total of 6 million people are estimated to have died from famine and respiratory complications. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sickness, for example, might be a sign that a person had sinned, while crop failure could result from the villagers’ not saying their prayers. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The government compounded the damage by banning fertilizer imports to save foreign currency in 2021; the perverse result was crop failure and a need for more food imports. Opinion | A debt crisis in Sri Lanka could spread worldwide. The U.S. must help. 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Widespread crop failure forced the country to import food from abroad, compounding its foreign currency crisis. UK reinstates warning against travel to Sri Lanka 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z "I would attribute it to a crop failure because of inadequate rainfall and issues around prices of farm inputs like fertilizers," he adds. Kenya's cost-of-living crisis: 'I can't afford rice for my children' 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Individual heat waves can lead to illness and death, wildfires, and crop failures. Heat Waves Around the World Push People and Nations ‘To the Edge’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In a statement by email, a company representative said that the issue stemmed from “several spiraling events, including unexpected crop failure from the spring chile harvest.” Sriracha Shortage Is Taking Some Spice Out of Life 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “We are still endeavoring to resolve this issue that has be caused by several spiraling events, including unexpected crop failure from the spring chili harvest,” read the message from the company’s management. A Sriracha shortage is coming. Blame the weather. 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z If global temperatures rise an additional degree, the chance of simultaneous crop failures in different parts of the world rises to almost 1 in 10 for a given year. 49 million people face famine as Ukraine war, climate disasters intensify 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z That crisis, which followed spikes in wheat, corn and other major agricultural commodities, had not been caused by a rice crop failure or even a shortage of the grain. Food Export Bans in Asia Prompt Fears of More Protectionism 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The motion accuses Rajapaksa of being responsible for the economic crisis by introducing untimely tax cuts and prohibiting the use of chemical fertilizers, which resulted in crop failures. Censure vote vs Sri Lankan leader fails as crisis simmers 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z But contamination would be disastrous for a community on Mars - the space equivalent of a crop failure. SpaceX: Can meat be grown in space? 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z You ought to sit with farmers and hear their concerns about drought and crop failures and vow to make their futures secure. Dear Mr. President: C’mon man, make climate a populist cause 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The report updates previous calls by the U.N.-sanctioned panel and climate scientists for rapid action to avoid warming above 1.5°C, the threshold for catastrophic effects such as flooding and crop failures. News at a glance: A sobering climate alert, research beagles, and fast radio bursts 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z If William Byrd faced crop failure or low tobacco prices, he could sell some spare acres or even some slaves to buy food for the rest without damaging his entire plantation. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z With massive crop failures and famine predicted by climate scientists, the work speaks to the future as much as it does the food access problems dogging the present. How Should Art Reckon With Climate Change? 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z In addition, bad weather in the 1780s caused widespread crop failures, resulting in a severe shortage of grain. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By one estimate, as many as 40 million people in South Asia may be forced to move over the next 30 years because of a lack of water, crop failure, storm surges and other disasters. UN: Climate change to uproot millions, especially in Asia 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z A county plan warns of dire consequences unless things change: dry wells; crop failures; health problems from drinking water with excess sodium. Even in water-rich Michigan, no guarantee of enough for all 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Because ash is acidic, it can cause crop failure. Tonga’s Airport Is Finally Cleared, but Ash Still Poses a Range of Threats 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z "But for them climate change is happening right now," she said, with crop failures driven by changing weather patterns. Climate: Wales' coal mining past means it has a 'duty' 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z The program was ended in 1961 after crop failures caused a famine that killed about 20 million people. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The ban, which many analysts said was more an effort to preserve Sri Lanka’s scarce foreign reserves, drew months of protests, with farmers saying they were in danger of crop failures and poverty. Sri Lanka heeds protests, lifts ban on agrochemical imports 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Malt is currently imported from Europe only when local production volumes do not meet quality parameters or if there is a crop failure due to drought. AB-Inbev bets on new barley variants to boost African beer-making capacity 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Many world leaders hope to limit average global warming to around 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid some of the most dire and irreversible risks from climate change, such as widespread crop failures or ecosystem collapse. Fossil-Fuel Use Could Peak in Just a Few Years. Still, Major Challenges Loom. 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z These combined findings — which focused on events such as crop failures, floods and heat waves — allowed scientists to make a solid link between escalating extremes and human activities. At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change, new study shows 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z That’s the threshold beyond which scientists say the dangers of global warming — such as deadly heat waves, water shortages, crop failures and ecosystem collapse — grow immensely. Major Climate Action at Stake in Fight Over Twin Bills Pending in Congress 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z You will live through seven times as many heat waves, twice as many wildfires and nearly three times as many droughts, crop failures and river floods as your grandparents. Trump may run again and the nation's mood darkens: Here's what Biden must do 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z They could see 11 percent fewer crop failures, 27 percent fewer droughts and almost a third as many river floods than if emissions continue unabated. Today’s kids will live through three times as many climate disasters as their grandparents, study says 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Beyond that threshold, there is a far greater likelihood of devastating consequences, like widespread crop failures and the collapse of the polar ice sheets. Biden vows to double aid on climate change, one of the key issues facing leaders. 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z A major crop failure, for example, would lower G.D.P. directly and could simultaneously create economic ripple effects such as bank failures. How Should the Fed Deal With Climate Change? 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z This crop failure was the first indication that something was wrong. Opinion | What Does It Mean for a Whole Nation to Become Uninhabitable? 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z He also relied solely on heat-related deaths without adding other climate-related causes of death, including floods, crop failures and civil unrest. A Carbon Calculation: How Many Deaths Do Emissions Cause? 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z His calculations don’t include the number of people who might die from rising seas, superstorms, crop failures or changing disease patterns affected by atmospheric warming. Warming planet means 83 million face death from heat this century 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z In Central America, for example, thousands initially leave their villages because of crop failure from drought or flooding, often end up in cities where they become victims of gangs and ultimately flee their countries. Climate change creates migrants. Biden considers protections 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z It will also determine how many millions of people suffer from water scarcity and crop failures, and how many are driven from their homes by rising seas. The Science of Climate Change Explained: Facts, Evidence and Proof 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z It’s a common theme in explanations of famines, for example, which are customarily attributed to droughts or crop failures. Column: The Texas crisis reminds us that 'natural' disasters are almost always manmade 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z For millions of rice and wheat farmers, the agents are also often a source of credit in hard times after drought, crop failure or even a daughter’s wedding. Why many Indian farmers and politicians oppose Modi's farm laws 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Again, this may be underestimating the butcher’s bill, and is based on drought, crop failure, fires, more intense hurricanes, ocean acidification and the consequences of rising sea levels. The murky view outside shows the climate emergency clearly 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z But with that word came new things to fear, such as empires, conquering armies, tyrants, taxes, serfdom, slavery, periodic famines due to crop failure and occasional plagues aggravated by urban crowding. Perspective | How to cope in an anxious age: Try Hitchcock, Munch and Poe 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z For instance, scientists expect climate change to increase the odds of multiple crop failures occurring at the same time in different places, throwing the world into a food crisis. The Science of Climate Change Explained: Facts, Evidence and Proof 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z From dust bowls and crop failures to famines. Life Inside the Extinction 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Then, beginning in 1311, Europe began to experience a series of crop failures across the continent in what became known as the Great Famine. The Black Death led to the demise of feudalism. Could this pandemic have similar repercussions? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Working in farming construction, William Calhoun, 62, recalls crop failures and drought and says he almost went bankrupt - at least once. One virus, two Americas 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Each discovery hub will be focused on solving a big issue such as climate change, climate adaptation, pandemic preparedness, crop failure, infrastructure modernization, and more. The Pandemic Shows Why America Must Invest in Public Research 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “My children and I were not able to survive from crop failure.” As Himalayas Warm, Nepal’s Climate Migrants Struggle to Survive 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z Most countries would be unable to import food from other regions because they, too, would be experiencing crop failures, Jägermeyr says. How a small nuclear war would transform the entire planet 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z From commodities crops like coffee to staple foods such as rice and potatoes, farmers face a growing risk of crop failure for lack of basic agricultural inputs. Amid malnutrition, crop diseases pose threat to Venezuela food supplies 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Temperatures are still rising and the world is “gravely” unprepared for disasters, crop failures, coastal flooding and heatwaves, according to another review. How bad can the climate crisis get if Trump wins again? 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Telangana newspapers profile deaths as the result of debts and crop failures, the final stakes in agricultural gambles. Technological "fixes" won't solve the misery of life under neoliberalism 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z The one-two punch likely sent Scotland into a deep chill that triggered massive crop failures and famines for several years, the team speculates. How a volcanic eruption helped create modern Scotland 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Modern crises, they say, back up their view, noting that severe droughts during 1999-2001 and 2007-2008 led to serious crop failures and the death of livestock and stoked social difficulties in northern Iraq. Climate change may be behind fall of ancient empire, say researchers 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z But fail to lay out the very real challenges of people living through drought and rebel attacks and crop failure and malaria, and they will fail to ignite the urgency needed to solve those problems. At UN, Africa balances highlighting its progress and poverty 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Climate change exacerbated the drought, which lasted from 2007 to 2010, prompting crop failures and a mass influx of rural farming families into cities, thus igniting the war, they argued. A land without water: the scramble to stop Jordan from running dry 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The sixth century was a rough time to be alive: Lower-than-average temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere triggered crop failure, famine, and maybe even the onset of bubonic plague. ‘Mystery’ volcano that cooled the ancient world traced to El Salvador 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Drought and crop failures are forcing massive migrations of beleaguered people in the Middle East and Central America, their displacement upending the usual politics of Europe and the U.S. Florida editorial roundup 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z These 3.3 million people will starve as a result of crop failures and dry irrigation channels. Peace is a word that the west has taken from the Afghans 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Benefits include: getting nutritious, organically grown food at a price lower than the supermarket with a smaller carbon footprint, while supporting local farmers; cons include: risking crop failure or paying for food you don’t use. This couple runs a farm share from their Ballard driveway, with plant sales on an honor system 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Mexican officials are looking for the Trump administration to commit to programs that will ease some of the short-term pressures in Central America that are fueling migration, especially crop failures and hunger. Mexico aims to avoid tariffs with potential deal limiting migrants going north, allowing U.S. to deport Central American asylum seekers 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z He goes on to explain why burning less fuel in our cars or burning less coal might help prevent fires, floods, and crop failures. 'The planet is on fire': Bill Nye driven to F-bomb rant by climate change 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z These chemicals are supposed to prevent crop failures; the danger is that they may end up causing them. Climate Change and the New Age of Extinction 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The US has been rattled by record hurricanes and wildfires in the past two years, with government scientists predicting increasingly punishing storms, crop failures and coastal inundation. ‘We can talk about this’ – millennial Republicans take a methodical approach to climate change 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Some of the thousands of families from Central America now streaming to the border and surrendering themselves to U.S. authorities are desperate because crop failure and poverty have denied them the means of subsistence. How to make a difficult situation awful 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The reports documented conclusive evidence that the burning of fossil fuels is heating the atmosphere, leading to record wildfires in California, crop failures in the Midwest and crumbling infrastructure in the South. White House Panel Will Study Whether Climate Change Is a National Security Threat. It Includes a Climate Denialist. 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The Bengal famine of 1943 occurred after a crop failure and the Japanese invasion of Burma cut off rice imports to the region which was then part of British India. MSP brands Churchill 'mass murderer' 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Farmers struggle with debt, and crop failures trigger farm suicides with alarming frequency. The struggling farmer who planned his own funeral 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z The article’s scientific merit has been fiercely debated, but the World Bank did conclude in March 2018 that water scarcity, crop failure and rising sea levels could displace 143 million people by 2050. 10 worst-case climate predictions if global temperatures rise above 1.5 degrees Celsius 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Experts say that alongside those factors, climate change in the region is exacerbating – and sometimes causing – a miasma of other problems including crop failures and poverty. The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z For example, drought and crop failures in Central America are among the drivers of immigration across the U.S. border. World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Families also fled conditions of extreme poverty, multiple crop failures exacerbated by climate change and moribund economies void of jobs. Is the US in an 'illegal' immigration crisis? Border patrol data suggests otherwise 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Climate action is human rights, because climate change affects the most vulnerable first and hardest – it already has, with droughts, fires, floods, crop failures. The future is unwritten: taking action is best cure for climate change angst | Rebecca Solnit 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z To assess the costs of climate change, including crop failures and flooding, Professor Nordhaus developed an economic model he called the Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy model, or DICE. 2018 Nobel in Economics Is Awarded to William Nordhaus and Paul Romer 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z An indigenous Ch’orti’ Maya, Canan abandoned his lands this year after repeated crop failures – which he attributed to drought and changing weather patterns. The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z She thinks they will be more resilient to any number of climate-change related problems, from fire to flooding to crop failure. 'A prisoner of environment': is it time to leave the American west? 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z “Artificial intelligence and machine learning hold huge promise for forecasting and detecting early signs of food shortages, like crop failures, droughts, natural disasters and conflicts.” The World Bank’s latest tool for fighting famine: Artificial intelligence 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z The UK saw record temperatures in June, July and August which caused widespread drought and crop failures. Food prices 'to rise 5%' after hot weather 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z There was a spike in rents charged by British landowners, a surge in evictions, three years of crop failures, crushing poverty and widespread fear of another famine. The pope is set to visit an Ireland where true believers are in steep decline 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Many were fleeing crop failures and devastating famines. Opinion | Progressive Populism Can Save Us From Trump 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Higher food prices from crop failures and fisheries decline. Carbon fee: ‘An investment’ 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Sachs was speaking Saturday at a conference in Cyprus on the climate change challenges faced by Mediterranean countries and the Middle East, including drought and crop failures. Scholar: Dumping fossil fuels by 2050 needed to save climate 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z Historically the application of a utilitarian calculus is what drove witch hunters to torch women they believed caused disease, plagues, crop failures and accidents—better to incinerate the few to protect the village. Does the Philosophy of "the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number" Have Any Merit? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Instead, he was able to move his production, avoiding a crop failure or reduced yield. WSU researcher’s work helps lucrative spinach seed industry 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z “Two hundred, 300 years ago, there were mass crop failures in Europe, and that led to huge migration decisions,” said Wolfram Schlenker, the Columbia economist who authored the study with doctoral student Anouch Missirian. A provocative new study says climate change will make Europe’s migrant crisis even worse 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z "They were certainly scapegoated within their communities for things like sickness, women having difficult pregnancies, livestock dying, crop failures, raising storms." 'My relation was stabbed as a witch' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Among them were nearly 4 million of 31 million Ukrainians, and they died not because of neglect or crop failure but because their food had been taken. Perspective | Why does Putin want to control Ukraine? Ask Stalin. 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Without the floods, the soil became parched, boosting the risk of crop failure the following year. Volcanoes may have triggered riots in ancient Egypt 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z India's farmers have never had it easy; drought, crop failure, low market prices and lack of modernisation have taken their toll on the nation's population, about half of whom work in agriculture. 'Tell me phone, what's destroying my crops?' 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t indicate how severe the droughts might be or whether they will lead to crop failures, he says. Legal threat exposes gaps in climate-change planning 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Two degrees of warming marks the likely threshold for widespread ecological problems, including coral reef collapse, markedly higher sea-level rise and crop failures, according to NASA. Earth Almost Certain to Warm by 2 Degrees 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z But experts note there is almost no discussion about mental health as it relates to India's farming community, with agricultural debt and crop failure still considered political issues. Farmer Suicides Rise in India as Climate Warms 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z But experts note there is almost no discussion about mental health as it relates to India’s farming community, with agricultural debt and crop failure still considered political issues. Farmer suicides rise in India as climate warms, study shows 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Some producers and the government now predict a 35 percent to 40 percent crop failure in the Cerrado region, where arabica coffee is grown. Exclusive: Berry borer beetle damages Brazil's coffee crop 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z But farming societies depend heavily on a few staples, leaving them poorly nourished and vulnerable to crop failure. Living off the land 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Some could bring new land into production quickly, easing stresses caused by crop failures elsewhere. What if several of the world’s biggest food crops failed at the same time? 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Growers in 22 states suffered what federal agencies considered “crop failure,” the worst agricultural calamity since a severe dry spell in 1988. Farmers Scramble to Adapt to Volatile Weather 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z This in turn would lead to more water stress, crop failures, poverty, starvation, warfare and ever worsening refugee crises. Yes, I am a climate alarmist. Global warming is a crime against humanity | Lawrence Torcello 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Some producers and the government now predict a 35 percent to 40 percent crop failure in the Cerrado region, where arabica coffee is grown. Exclusive: Berry borer beetle damages Brazil's coffee crop 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z The famine across Europe was brought on by a spring and summer of "relentlessly heavy rain" causing widespread crop failures, Dr Willmott said. Skeleton of Lincolnshire priest found after 700 years - BBC News 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z In poorer countries, governments are not much help against life-altering risks, such as crop failure or illness. What makes gambling wrong but insurance right? - BBC News 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z His administration’s stated aim is to slash payments to countries threatened by rising seas, crop failures and heatwaves. UN climate chief unable to secure meeting with US state department 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z In other countries, such as Somalia, the worst drought in decades has led to successive crop failures and mass deaths of cows, goats, sheep and other animals. Famine strikes in South Sudan, as people in four countries face starvation 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Extreme heat, for example, is bad for the economy, causing crop failure and reduced worker productivity, according to a new study from Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley. Businesses and investors renew plea to Trump: don't ignore climate change 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z I depend on farming, but there was a total crop failure this year. 'I was so hungry I ate water lilies': southern Africa's food crisis in a dozen dishes | John Vidal 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z When it reaches two degrees Celsius, expected in fewer than 50 years, massive crop failures are expected. Nuclear power, not a carbon tax, can stop global warming 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z There won’t be a wall big enough to keep out people fleeing floods and crop failures.” UN climate chief unable to secure meeting with US state department 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Why do crop failure, abandoned fields and dust storms surprise the government? How China’s Politics of Control Shape the Debate on Deserts 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The drought, the worst since 1982, led to crop failures and animals dying. South African teen wins Google prize for orange peel innovation - BBC News 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z For the past two years, crop failure in Africa has led to devastating food shortages; across the continent, nearly 50 million people now need emergency aid. 'I was so hungry I ate water lilies': southern Africa's food crisis in a dozen dishes | John Vidal 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z The best ways to assist southern Africa’s farmers, agricultural experts said, are by increasing their access to insurance for crop failure and livestock deaths, and giving them better weather advice via mobile phone. Smarter farming could cut hunger in drought-hit southern Africa: researchers 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z For the people of Lesotho, called the Basotho, a lack of rain doesn't just mean crop failure and less food. The Draining of Lesotho 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The island’s vulnerability was exposed last summer when drought led to widespread crop failure and an emergency declaration in 10 counties. Puerto Rico's born-again farmers dig for victory in island's debt battle 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z The increasingly dramatic effect of El Niño, the weather phenomenon that causes excessive heat and reduced rainfall in Southeast Asia, is the prime reason for the crop failures in the delta, scientists say. Drought and ‘Rice First’ Policy Imperil Vietnamese Farmers 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Mutmain said his modest plot saw a four-fold increase in yield compared with 2015, which was plagued by crop failures and concerted government eradication. Bountiful Afghan Opium Harvest Yields Profits for the Taliban 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z There are others reasons for crop failure, including disease and insect infestation, but drought is the most common problem. Mobile drought insurance to protect Africa's farmers - BBC News 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z With the help of farmers, scientists at Cemaden say they will be able to predict up to two months in advance whether the semi-arid region faces a risk of crop failure. Phone app to forecast risk of crop failure in Brazil 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z In some parts of the countryside, farmers have experienced crop failures of as much as seventy per cent, and in one of the worst affected areas scores of children have starved to death. Haiti Has a President 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Ethiopia is currently facing a drought that led to widespread crop failure and now threatens lives. The philanthropic group Rockefeller Foundation has announced a $130 million fund to reduce global food loss and waste 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Unicef said, warning of further malnutrition and crop failures. Unicef warns of severe child malnourishment in North Korea 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z “The scheme will be a protection shield against instances of farmer suicides because of crop failures or damage because of nature,” home minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday after the cabinet approved the scheme. Thousands of farmer suicides prompt India to set up $1.3bn crop insurance scheme 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The information produced by Sousa and other family farmers will feed a new system designed to monitor the risk of crop failure in Brazilian semi-arid areas. Phone app to forecast risk of crop failure in Brazil 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Ethiopia’s emergency unfolded swiftly, as the worst drought in around 60 years saw successive crop failures. People are starving in East Africa -- again -- as the world looks away 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Furthermore, the crop failures and severe flooding often cause food shortages in some of the world’s poorest countries. El Niño To Last Into Middle of 2016 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Some have tied Syria's unrest partially to its 2006-2011 drought and crop failures. U.S. senators vow to block climate aid, scrutinize Paris deal 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The drought caused "widespread crop failure and mass migration of farming families to urban centers," where they struggled to sustain themselves economically. Save Lives Where They Were Lost 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z “We have to prepare ourselves for the potential social and political consequences that stem from crop failures, water shortages, famine and outbreaks of epidemic disease,” he said. Kerry says climate change impacts armies as much as polar bears 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Without policies to protect the world’s most vulnerable from crop failure, natural disasters, waterborne diseases and other impacts of climate change, 100 million more people could sink into poverty by 2030, the World Bank said. Climate Change Threatens to Make More People Poor 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z For most Europeans, the climate change threat is elsewhere: the rising sea levels in south Asia; crop failures in Africa; mightier storms in the tropics, drought in the developing world. Storm and drought: what Europe has to fear from climate change 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z U.N. agencies said in a statement Monday that "food insecurity" will be most acute in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Madagascar, which suffered extreme crop failures because of drought. UN to step up food supply in southern Africa after poor harvests across much of region 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The crop failure was caused by a spring freeze. At New York Apple Orchards, an Autumn Tradition Strays From Its Core 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z The risks of climate change—increasingly severe storms, crop failures and flooding of coastal cities—need no embellishment. Climate Change at the Bank of England 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “We are in a crop failure where the old politics keeps being rejected but is still very strong.” Brazil’s Speaker Eduardo Cunha Fights for His Political Life 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z By 1930, the island was completely evacuated, rendered uninhabitable by a combination of disease and crop failure. Pretty vacant: the glory of abandoned spaces 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z To protect millions of small rice farmers in the country of 250 million people, the government will introduce a plan insuring them against crop failure, paying 80% of the premium. Indonesia Sets Stimulus Measures for Companies, Farmers 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Which is lucky, because the fields can suffer animal disease, or crop failure. Verge Fiction: An excerpt from Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z The chance of major global crop failures of this magnitude will increase with climate change, as drought, flooding, and heat waves strike fields more often. World food supply at growing risk from severe weather 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z During the recent march in Anantapur, Gandhi stopped to meet the wife of a farmer who hanged himself in April because of the depleting groundwater table, crop failure and mounting debt. Can India’s most famous political scion, Rahul Gandhi, get it together? 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z This would lead to significant impacts with lethal levels of heat stress, drought and crop failures among a host of other negatives. Warming 'worst case' must be considered say experts - BBC News 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z “The market price for wholesale flower fluctuates drastically, which is why you hear about ‘intrepid' entrepreneurs losing their shirts in Colorado because of massive crop failure, or a drop in market rate due to oversaturation.” The Potentials and Pitfalls of Marijuana Investments 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The hardy wild plants help African families to get through periods of drought or crop failure, but are threatened by deforestation and other types of land-clearing. The rise of Africa’s super vegetables 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z By 2040, severe crop failures previously estimated to occur once a century are likely to happen every 3 decades, the report finds. World food supply at growing risk from severe weather 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The effects of crop failure are also likely to have global repercussions in terms of food security. The heat and the death toll are rising in India. Is this a glimpse of Earth’s future? 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z In a recent estimate, the WFP said crop failure rates in parts of South Africa's maize belt had been over 50 percent. Zimbabweans go hungry as drought hammers southern Africa 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Obama pointed to severe drought in Nigeria as creating instability that was exploited by militant group Boko Haram, and said crop failures and high food prices in Syria fueled unrest that led to civil war. Obama tells Coast Guard grads climate change threatens U.S 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z He said there was a 70% chance of a "moderate" El Nino event towards the end of this year that is likely to lead to droughts and crop failures. El Nino could 'disrupt food markets' - BBC News 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z It’s now believed that drought and crop failures and high food prices helped fuel the early unrest in Syria, which descended into civil war in the heart of the Middle East. President Obama to Cadets: Lead the Way on Fighting Climate Change 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z "Of great concern is Zimbabwe, which is facing a looming huge food deficit due to imminent widespread crop failure," it added. Drought-hit Southern Africa at risk of food shortage: WFP 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Increasingly irregular rainfall attributed to climate change has led to crop failure, driving farmers to cut down trees for income and to graze their animals in the forest. Solar panels for trees? Kenya barters to rebuild its forests 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z There is the possibility that there would be widespread crop failures in the tropics in the summer. Warning over aerosol climate fix 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z This, coupled with crop failure, meant that famine struck Bengal. Bengal famine: Remembering WW2's forgotten disaster 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The details vary; so do the kinds of catastrophes prophesied—once it was plagues and crop failure, these days it’s psychological trauma. Being Melodramatic About College Student-Teacher Relationships 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Emergency responses will also be required to cope with inevitable crop failure. Agriculture: Increase water harvesting in Africa 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Weather-based insurance, currently used by more than 12 million farmers, offers a crucial cushion to protect them against financial collapse due to crop failure. Millions of poor farmers to benefit from new type of insurance: study 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Restrictions on branch banking made it very difficult for U.S. banks to protect themselves against location-specific risk, such as crop failures or industrial downturns. Repealing Banking Regulations Is the Best Path to Financial Stability 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Scientists have stepped up warnings that using even a small percentage of the world’s nuclear arsenal would radically change the atmosphere and could cause drops in temperatures and large-scale crop failures. A Former Ground Zero Goes to Court Against the World’s Nuclear Arsenals 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z If a spate of bad weather lead to crop failure and a plague happened during a king's reign, this became part of his legacy whether he had anything to do with these events or not. Our Unrealistic Hopes for Presidents 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The resulting global warming poses risks ranging from rising sea levels that drown inhabited coasts to crop failures from stronger heat waves and drought. Clock Ticking On Climate Change Prevention @sciam Earth podcast by @dbiello 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Blamed for everything from crop failure to infertility, the accused are often beaten and sometimes killed. An Indian courthouse investigates reports of unusual suspects: Ghosts Afghan farmers participating in the project, discouraged by crop failures, largely abandoned their growing efforts. Afghans don't like soybeans, despite a big U.S. push 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Are the suicides occurring because of drought and crop failure? Have India's farm suicides really declined? 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Nafo said $7-8 billion dollars in pledges were needed by the year-end to start projects such as installing solar power or insurance schemes to help farmers cope with crop failures. U.N. climate talks edge towards 2015 emissions deal 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Yes, as the Earth cooled, these ancient civilizations were punished by crop failures and famine. Global Cooling, Not Global Warming, Doomed the Ancients 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Each type of grain must be planted by a certain date for farmers to get full insurance benefits if there’s a crop failure later in the year. Minnesota farmers race to finish corn planting 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z In the ensuing decades at Yale, Bill developed an economic model that put a price tag on the effects of climate change, like more droughts, flooding and crop failures and stronger hurricanes. Brothers Work Different Angles in Taking On Climate Change 2014-05-10T17:59:21Z Most farm suicides have been linked to debt, a sharp rise in input costs, serious water crises, price volatility and crop failure due to pest attacks and disease. Have India's farm suicides really declined? 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Ag sees crop failures, temperature changes The report also outlines dire impacts for agriculture, including failed cherry crops in Michigan, high nighttime temperatures in the Corn Belt, heat stress in livestock and food price spikes. Deadly Heat Waves, Flooding Rains, Crop Failures Among Climate Change Plagues Already Afflicting Americans 2014-05-07T15:10:00Z But Li did not struggle to raise money for his next planting, which he did after previous crop failures. Millions of China's Farmers Now Buy Climate-Change Insurance 2014-04-22T17:02:00Z He lays out his vision: crop failures, riots, chaos. The Next Ailes: Newsmax's Chris Ruddy Preps TV Rival to Fox News 2014-03-06T10:55:59Z The first is that while the risk of crop failure or low prices is largely underwritten by taxpayers, the policies are provided by insurance companies, so, in effect, they enjoy a subsidy too. The farm bill: A trillion in the trough 2014-02-06T16:01:14Z It covered more than two-thirds of the continental U.S. and caused more than $30 billion in losses from crop failures, wildfires and other ripple effects. Program designed to help prepare for droughts 2013-11-15T10:46:34Z This spring, for example, western Nepal was hit by a severe drought, leading to crop failures and exacerbating an already serious food crisis. Floods spur mountain study 2013-09-04T17:20:19.123Z The crop failure has adversely affected the finances of nearly 50 farmers. India Ink: Newswallah: Bharat Edition 2013-05-11T09:50:57Z Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, landslides, floods, droughts, and crop failures arrive unpredicted, as far as most people on the ground are concerned, and with devastating impact. Around the World in Six Ideas 2013-05-06T08:45:00Z Agriculture is marked by an inability to cope with the weather and the repeated crop failures have aggravated chronic food shortages that are directly derrived from ingrained systemic failure. North Korea's Nuclear Naivety 2013-04-05T16:43:56Z During 2012 wheat imports to the UK hit their highest for 32 years as bad weather led to crop failures and pushed record grain prices. How Olympic spirit can turn around the prospects of global warming 2013-01-02T13:08:00Z Wheat and grain prices are especially high, with the former heavily impacted by crop failure in the U.S., Betting on Hunger: Is Financial Speculation to Blame for High Food Prices? 2012-12-17T23:35:31Z Salmond acknowledged that Al Gore, the former US vice-president and climate campaigner, was right to warn about the present impacts of climate change on the world, from wildfires, droughts, violent storms and crop failures. Alex Salmond hits back at critics of Scotland's energy policies 2012-10-10T15:32:42Z The UK has experienced soaring energy bills, droughts and floods, and now crop failures. Rising food prices are climate change's first tangible bite into UK lives 2012-10-10T11:03:53Z Horrible diseases, fires raging in the inner cities, crop failures, genetic chaos, temperatures soaring and dropping, panic, looting, suicides, scorched bodies, arms torn off, millions dead. Pick Your Poison: How Humankind Could Doom Itself 2012-08-18T04:15:11.820Z The Mediterranean never planted their own crop and the crop failure was Germany´s fault! sikko6 Aug 6th 2012 22:17 GMT Italian PM said that Italians are getting increasingly bitter with Germany. The ECB and the euro crisis: Draghi drags it out 2012-08-03T10:55:36Z The constant worry that a crop failure or serious illness will throw a family into poverty is a source of extreme anxiety. | Fixes: Fighting Depression, One Village at a Time 2012-07-18T18:33:45Z Weather-related crop failures in Russia, Australia and other major grains producers have fueled rallies at the Chicago Board of Trade, the global citadel for grains trading, netting windfalls for those with access to accurate data. With one big cut, USDA restores some traders' faith 2012-07-11T22:46:42Z Many farmers in parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kansas are facing a crop failure and financial impact. Midwest Corn Crop Likely to Suffer Due to Heat Wave and Drought 2012-07-10T18:15:00.323Z It was hard to gauge what impact the 2010 crop failure in Afghanistan had on major markets, the report said, but drug seizures fell in most countries getting Afghan opiates. New poppy blight poised to boost opium price: U.N. 2012-06-26T14:18:29Z These consist in lawyerly language telling us everything we have heard or read could be nullified by a number of changes in the weather, the price of pork bellies or crop failures. The Nokia torture 2012-06-18T09:40:16Z Education officials there say that, besides a lack of infrastructure and learning materials plaguing the district, frequent food shortages and crop failures are among the biggest challenges to providing local children with an education. In stricken Sahel, Lagarde's words on Greece strike chord 2012-06-14T10:27:34Z By guaranteeing income, farmers say, crop insurance removes almost any financial risk for planting land where crop failure is almost certain. Bill to Expand Crop Insurance Poses Risks 2012-06-06T17:55:38Z Alice Thomas, climate displacement manager for Refugees International, said tens of thousands of destitute Malians are pouring into countries already hit hard by starvation, lack of and crop failures. Are Malians Fleeing Drought, Famine and War Climate Refugees? 2012-05-31T17:15:00.237Z Scientists say ensuring global average temperatures this century do not rise more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is needed to limit devastating climate effects like crop failure and melting glaciers. Global CO2 emissions hit record in 2011 led by China: IEA 2012-05-24T13:20:44Z From 2006-11, they note, up to 60 percent of Syria’s land experienced one of the worst droughts and most severe set of crop failures in its history. Op-Ed Columnist: The Other Arab Spring 2012-04-08T00:57:17Z But poverty accompanied by crop failures for three years was a general and accepted thing now. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z Five years of crop failure has hit them as hard as it has hit us. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z In his book he described his hometown in bleak terms, recounting the crop failures and the harsh winters. China Ambivalently Affirms Dalai Lama?s Popularity 2012-02-18T19:40:20Z Kim leaves behind an economy crippled by mismanagement, crop failures, sanctions and a bungled currency revaluation. North Korean Leader’s Death May Trigger Nuclear Crisis for Obama 2011-12-19T14:04:26Z For example, there are those who repeatedly posit as absolute fact that the maize crop failures in 2009 were due to hybrid seeds. Dot Earth Blog: In Nepal, Farmers Struggle as City Dwellers Fight Monsanto 2011-12-06T15:42:26Z Now, it is among those most vulnerable to drought and crop failure associated with a warmer climate. Debt and doubt loom large over Durban climate talks 2011-12-05T17:27:47Z The U.S. never ratified the ailing Kyoto Protocol, which aims to reduce the risk of greater extremes of weather, rising sea levels and crop failures. U.S. blocks key fund in climate agreement: report 2011-11-25T02:03:20Z Scientists say pledges so far to curb emissions will not prevent the planet heating up beyond the two degrees Celsius threshold they say risks more extreme weather, crop failure and major floods. Africa Leads Climate Push as Its People Go Hungry 2011-11-21T20:45:09.117Z There is in the latter no depreciation of land, buildings, machinery, or the like; no insurance payments to worry about; no crop failures to consider. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z An outpouring of sulphurous gases from Laki created haze that cooled the planet and caused widespread crop failures and famine. Dark days of the Triassic: Lost world 2011-11-16T18:20:30.077Z Thus after going into debt not only for the land but for the necessary equipment to work it and a few household necessities, we entered upon the year 1904 of notorious crop failures. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z The majority of them are celebrated primarily against sickness, or to avert calamities, such as crop failure. Kankanay Ceremonies (American Archaeology and Ethnology) 2011-10-15T02:00:25.507Z Modern-day Halloween traditions are said to derive from ancient rituals intended to protect people from ghosts, harsh winters and crop failures. Boo! Americans Will Spend $7 Billion on Halloween 2011-09-30T11:31:10Z On Tuesday, the UN said 1.4 million Zimbabweans needed food aid following crop failures. Mugabe land seizures 'cost $12bn' 2011-08-03T09:04:31Z No doubt the natural business instinct of the Scotch people, and occasional crop failures, such as the potato famine in 1725. 1740-1741, also hastened many who otherwise might have lingered in Ulster. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z It may require more flooded basements, more searing heat waves, more water shortages or crop failures, more devastating hurricanes or other examples of the increases in extreme weather that climate change will bring. Our Extreme Future: Predicting and Coping with the Effects of a Changing Climate 2011-06-30T12:15:07.857Z No sooner had the report been published than food prices began rising, partly because of crop failures caused by just such extremes. A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself 2011-06-05T00:04:33Z Calling it one of the worst in decades, the drought in Texas has caused widespread crop failures, including the state's hard red winter wheat crop, according to the experts. Drought worsens in U.S. Southwest as floods hit Midwest 2011-05-05T15:13:08Z In good years, you win; a crop failure will cost you a fortune.” Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z Now this was a most unusual request; for the Central African native does not easily starve, and, moreover, there had come no news of crop failure from the Upper River. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z He has not had a crop failure and now has 22 horses, 15 cattle, 35 hogs, and owns 1,120 acres of land, all under cultivation. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z Years of crop failure in India mire people in debt and result in farmer suicides. A different flavour 2011-02-14T14:08:07Z However, both admit that training is essential because an incorrect application of a product could lead to crop failure. Feeding Africa 2011-02-09T00:12:28Z The risk of crop failure is less, thanks to the wonderful progress of scientific agriculture. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z The global toll estimates that 55,736 people died from a summer heatwave in Russia which led to crop failures and helped drive up food prices. Cost of natural disasters $109 billion in 2010: U.N. 2011-01-24T16:45:02.357Z The district has never had a crop failure. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z Corn and soybean growers in the Midwest worry more about low prices than crop failures, so they lean toward revenue plans. Farmers, budget hawks eye $5 billion per year agricultur subsidy 2011-01-09T19:05:35Z But scientists say that crop failures related to climatic events will be inevitable in the planet’s warmer future. Green: Extreme Weather Drives Up Food Prices 2011-01-05T23:21:40Z In case of crop failure the retailer will carry the account over until the next harvest season. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z He went on to speak of bitter storms, endless grasslands, crop failures, hostile Indians, unfriendly white men. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z Beyond this point, they say, we risk severe climatic consequences: melting ice caps and glaciers, rising seas, and a sharp increase in heat waves, droughts, crop failures and extreme weather events. Carbon-Cutting 'Party' Set for Sunday 2010-10-08T20:05:00Z Critics say the money would be better spent on programs that help growers deal with low prices or crop failures. Farmers, budget hawks eye $5 billion per year agricultur subsidy 2011-01-09T19:05:35Z And when high food prices combine with crop failures, forcing poor farmers to buy staples for their own consumption at market prices, then the issues become concentrated around one stark reality. How greed begets hunger 2010-08-13T19:00:00Z A crop failure under a single crop system, such as is practised in North Dakota, is likely to find the farmer in bad straits. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z In this summer of extreme heat, drought, crop failures and, now, a nationwide eruption of wildfires, the Russian government is facing a rare upwelling of popular anger. In a Summer of Extremes, Russia?s Strained Response Does Little to Calm Anger 2010-08-07T21:45:00Z The UN issued a statement last month, arguing wheat stocks were replenished since a shortage in 2008 and able to cope with current crop failures. Commodity prices soar as spectre of food inflation is back 2010-08-06T18:16:00Z Nobody now disputes the seriousness of Niger’s current crisis, though officials say the worst may yet be to come as the period lengthens between last year’s crop failure and the fall harvest. Famine Persists in Niger, but Denial Seems in the Past 2010-05-04T00:05:00Z Niger is threatened with total crop failure in some areas and the situation is worse than the 2005 crisis, the UN humanitarian chief has told the BBC. Niger 'faces total crop failure' 2010-04-28T09:55:00Z An estimated 117,000 people in the region, then known as the Dutch East Indies, eventually died, many from starvation caused by crop failures and epidemics of disease. Eruptions and Disruptions 2010-04-24T01:39:00Z Hard, grinding, back-breaking labor, often with surprisingly meager returns, and in some seasons with total crop failure, has been in the past the bitter lot of the husbandman. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity There had been a general crop failure in Europe, and the price of wheat had soared above a dollar a bushel. The Romance of the Reaper Abnormally large crops are usually followed by partial crop failure and biennial bearing sometimes sets in, but the large crop may be reduced by pruning and the evil consequences wholly or partly avoided. Manual of American Grape-Growing Shedding of blossoms.—The tomato is very liable to drop its buds and blossoms and in some instances partial or total crop failures have resulted. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato Bad weather might kill his business for a week; a crop failure might lame it for a month; but the graft was as sure as anything graftified can be. Sundry Accounts Many, perhaps most, financial panics have their origin in crop failures aided, doubtless, by an improper financial system. The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know Within this period thousands of cases from many parts of the world have been reported of crop failure, of plant disease, resulting from deficiencies of micro nutrient elements…. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 As I understand some of the trees are fifty years of age and there have been only two crop failures in that time. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922 In other years there were some light crops, but there never has been a crop failure in all this time. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 The Blair, for example, has had a crop failure once only since beginning to bear. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 The large dry area is subject to extensive and complete crop failures. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir The supply was so large that an occasional crop failure was unimportant; much of the production from the preceding year was still available. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 In regard to Mr. Hutt's suggestion that we cannot count on crop success or crop failure mathematically—now, there are fortunes to be made from the proper management of good nut orchards. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 Mother Bab wondered at her boy's philosophical acceptance of his crop failure. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Droughts, floods, crop failures, labor troubles, and great fires are some of the many things to be avoided in the routings. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story These conditions will not always last; crop failures will come; and production will be curtailed. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 This procedure has been adhered to most rigidly without a single crop failure. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 Of course, every country is liable to crop failure at times, and must be till man makes his own weather, which will, no doubt, some day be done to an extent now unguessed. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 No accurate results could be obtained in 1912 and 1915 on account of crop failure in the orchards selected for experiment. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Excessive taxation, heavy redemption charges, famine, crop failures, and other ills drove the people to desperation. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy A total crop failure is an unknown thing in this region; we can count on sufficient rain for a moderate crop every year, and we know pretty well when to look for frosts. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Certain dissentions and troubles had come upon them, and some crop failures, so they attributed their misfortunes to the anger of the old gods and decided to stamp out this new and dangerous religion. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi A world wide crop failure in Canada and Argentine made the importation of food for England more difficult. Germany, The Next Republic? These wonderful fertilizers are a blessed boon in the time of "crop failures," for then the same crop can be grown anew from the seed and hurried to maturity before the close of the season. Life in a Thousand Worlds Evidently the Polish factions fought between themselves, and crop failures and pestilence may have done the rest. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 But fate, now as sickness, now as crop failure, now as flood, and again as war, had been too strong for them. The Second Generation I been at work and we had crop failures but I made it through. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 The general trend of wages is downward, while the cost of living is enhanced by the Dingley tariff and the advance in flour caused by foreign crop failures. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 This motto, however, they did not commend to farmer customers who had had crop failures. Main Street So, due to three years of drought and crop failures, we had gone broke. The Life of Me; an autobiography The way it happened was that, since there had been a crop failure there that year, the town council decided to make all the beggars who came from other towns get out of the city. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself Two successive drought-induced crop failures have strained the government's budget and increased unemployment. The 1990 CIA World Factbook If he is not out of debt, if he must discharge old scores with these 200-cent dollars, he is being deprived of his adventitious good fortune resulting from foreign crop failures. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 Ole Henriksen immediately grasped the situation: on account of the Russian crop failure, in connection with the already low supplies, Russia was preparing to prohibit all grain exports. Shallow Soil After the crop failure at Abbie we had to try something else again. The Life of Me; an autobiography There are over 2,000 square miles of arable land in this magnificent region, and there has never been a crop failure since its settlement. Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist On the other hand, it has been shown statistically that a large share of unemployment is due to crop failures, market fluctuations, and other conditions beyond the control of the workmen. Problems in American Democracy The paint was off it; nothing much more exciting than a crop failure ever happened there. Flowing Gold The Journalist reported that the talk about crop failures in Russia evidently had something in it. Shallow Soil All of them had had crop failures before. West Wind Drift Even as it is, it frequently happens that when crops are planted too thickly on dry-farms, the soil-moisture cannot move quickly enough to the absorbing roots to maintain plant growth, and crop failure results. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Finally, our soil is of such variety, and our climate so diversified, that the danger of a general crop failure is slight. Problems in American Democracy Apropos of his marriage, he would say that it was postponed for reasons which he could not give his family; Madame Hanska had met with financial losses again through fires and crop failures. Women in the Life of Balzac It looked bad; there was some talk of crop failures in Russia. Shallow Soil You can imagine my utter amazement when, last Fall, I went out and found a good part of the land broken up with perhaps 40 acres of it in a maize crop failure. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' A crop failure among them is very uncommon. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall They could laugh—bless 'em!—in the very teeth of a potato crop failure. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed It can be starved by crop failures, by war waste or by labor slacking on the job. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it The failure to recognize these characteristic differences between arid and humid soils has been the chief cause for many crop failures in the more or less rainless regions of the world. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall A weedy fallow is a sure forerunner of a crop failure. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall From the Dakotas to Texas the farmers bear the testimony that wherever the soil has been treated right, according to approved methods, there have been no crop failures. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Occasionally, relatively dry years occur, but they are seldom dry enough to cause crop failures if proper methods of farming have been practiced. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall But cold weather and crop failure are not the only things that could bring a famine in America. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it Experience has already demonstrated that wherever the annual precipitation is above 15 inches, there is no need of crop failures, if the soils are suitable and the methods of dry-farming are correctly employed. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall It was world-wide crop failures that finally brought the lean years of the nineties. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it In view of the crop failures of the early '90's and the gradual dry-farm awakening of the later '90's, Campbell's work was received with much interest. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall If crop failure should last long enough, as it does in China, millions of men would die. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it Slacking in production has the same effect as crop failure. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it Nobody seemed to know what was the matter at the time, but it has since been learned that the hard times were the fruit of crop failures, if one can call failure fruit. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it |
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