The Midwest's Farms Face an Intense, Crop-Killing Future
The Midwest's Farms Face an Intense, Crop-Killing Future
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
June 19, 20196m 33s
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Show Notes
The flooding that devastated the Midwest this spring damaged infrastructure and prevented farmers from getting crops planted on time. Though scientists can’t say if one storm or one wet season is the result of climate change, so far this year’s heavy rains are a perfect illustration of what scientific models of climate change predict for the region. And it’s only going to get more intense.
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