According to a new study from Sweden's Lund University, the dry summer of 2018 had a severe impact on Swedish woods, particularly managed secondary forests.
Generally, the onset of the Spring Season is a time for cardamom flowers and buds. But, this year, the cardamom plant is wilted. Even the trees that provide shade and help to keep the soil damp for cardamom are getting dry.
The farmers started sowing maize seeds in the second week of February but with no rain as of yet, the drought is making it difficult for the seeds to germinate.
Farming and tourism had already drained the aquifer feeding Doñana. Then climate change hit Spain with record-high temperatures and a prolonged drought this year.
Hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras, have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa’s worst drought in decades, according to a report released Friday.
From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it.