Climate change threatens future of banana export industry

Banana supplies to return to normal after shoppers complain of empty shelves

Tesco is understood to have been affected by delays to a ship transporting the fruit to the UK. Supplies of bananas should return to normal after shoppers were left disappointed by empty shelves in some supermarkets this week, as shipments were delayed by stormy weather. Tesco is understood to have been affected by delays to a ship transporting the fruit to the UK. Customers took to social media to complain of empty shelves in shops and bunches …

Banana shortage hits UK supermarkets following tropical storms

UK supermarkets have been left with a shortage of bananas after tropical storms in the Pacific left cargo ships stranded at ports.

The banana industry depends on a highly toxic pesticide. Banned in the EU, it is used primarily in Latin America. The bananas also end up in Germany, but the practice is dangerous for the local people. By F. Grieger.

Plants struggled for millions of years after Earth’s worst climate catastrophe – new study

A king fern at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australia. Marcos AmoresWith the world on the threshold of 1.5°C of warming, one pressing question is: how bad can it get? The answer may lie beneath our feet. Buried underground are rocks, many rocks, and they are old. For palaeontologists like us, they are a vast archive of past life on Earth. In particular, they can tell us how life on land fared during times when the climate warmed suddenly. O…

The Heat is On: Why Bananas May Become a Rare and Expensive Treat

Banana production is in jeopardy due to rising global temperatures, with many regions in Latin America and the Caribbean projected to become too hot for sustainable farming by 2080. As a multi-billion-dollar industry crucial to global food supply and economies, this decline threatens both livelihoods and accessibility. Socioeconomic limitations, including infrastructure and labor shortages, further [...]

The region is a potato potato, which provides two thirds of the national production. In April 2025, farmers will replant and with climate change there are choices to be made. The famous Bintje, ideal for fries but poorly adapted, is disappearing. Does that mean that one day we will not be able to eat fries?