Britain Could Face Food Crisis As Droughts Spread

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Paul Maguire/Shutterstock The UK is in the grip of a severe drought. England and Wales received only 9-10% of their normal rainfall in July, and for England it was the driest July since records began in 1836. A fifth heatwave has just been forecast. This is the shape of things to come and is what climate scientists hav