This is what climate change looks like, notes New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert:
"because of the dryness, the U.S.D.A. declared more than a thousand counties in twenty-six states to be natural disaster areas. This was by far the largest such designation the agency has ever made. In the past month, as the severity of the situation has become apparent, corn prices have risen by more than forty per cent. Since so much corn is used to feed livestock, it’s likely that the increase will translate into higher prices for dairy products and beef …
In late June, just as a sizzling heat wave was settling across much of the country—in Evansville, Indiana, temperatures rose into the triple digits for ten days, reaching as high as a hundred and seven degrees–wildfires raged in Colorado …
Meanwhile, a ‘super derecho’–a long line of thunderstorms–swept from Illinois to the Atlantic Coast, killing at least thirteen people and leaving millions without power.
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