Hurricane Michael: A Harvest on Hold for a Generation
Warming Signs
English - April 30, 2019 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB - ★★★★ - 127 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Nature climate change environmental policy impacts ecological oceans global warming weather legislation drought hurricanes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Hurricane Michael ripped through the Southeast U.S. six months ago. The damage at the coast was unreal, but inland, another astounding loss: pecan, timber and row crops. While row crops can be planted again this year, it’ll be a decade before farmers can grow pecans and earn an income. Join Kait as she goes on a journey through the hard-hit farmland of the South to find out if it’s not just hurricanes, but climate, that’s making it even more difficult to farm.