Check your subscription status, update your details and more. Droughts and flooding brought by El Niño threaten crops around the world, raising the risk of increased prices and famines Each purple carrot the farmers pull from the clumpy soil of West Sussex bears the scars of extreme weather. Many are huge and bulbous, or even double-tipped.
Record heat and widespread drought across the UK this summer killed some seeds and left the surviving ones more room to grow. Following the sudden return of rain this autumn, which was also abnormally warm, some carrots split down the side and tiny sap-sucking whiteflies cluster under their green leaves. Topics:Agriculture / Climate change / drought / El Niño / Environment / floods / Food and drink / heatwave Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox.
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