Two dead and hundreds of thousands without power after wind storm batters US midwest Read moreGrain bins were crumpled like aluminum foil. Livestock and plants fall prey to new diseases and pests along with extreme heat stress. Poor soil, combined with the extreme heat Takle describes, assures crop failures. Takle said corn crops could fail every other year if we go on with “business as usual” pumping out carbon. Paying farmers to build soil health and retain water is a better investment than writing a crop insurance check for drought.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2020 10:18 UTC