The Star reported this week that increases in extreme weather and climate conditions often attributed to changing climate have increased stress on farmers. Farmers can see their entire crop wiped out by one extreme event, and an increase in these extreme events makes financial ruin more likely. The article describes some of the impacts recent extreme weather have had on farmers in Australia, California and India. You can read it at https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/02/28/for-normally-stoic-farmers-the-stress-of-climate-change-can-be-too-much-to-bear.html.
