Australian wheat beats the heat

摘要

If you have doubts about whether climate change is real — try asking farmers! Whether they farm a tiny plot or several thousand hectares, the farmers’ response is almost invariably that the climate is becoming less predictable and rainfall less reliable. Farmers around the world are already busy adapting to climate change. In southern Australia and southern Africa, the changing climate has forced major adaptation of cropping practices among farmers who have managed to survive the wave of bankrupties triggered by a drastic series of droughts during the past decade.