Heat Decimates China’s Summer Tea Harvest

Heat Decimates China's Summer Tea Harvest

Predictions that China’s tea-growing regions are vulnerable to extreme hotspots have come to pass.

Three sequential extreme temperature events in China now span almost 90 days, affecting 900 million people in 17 provinces from southwestern Sichuan to coastal Jiangsu and Zhejiang. According to the National Meteorological Administration, the average national temperature in August was 1.2C higher than the 22.4C norm. Temperatures have soared to 42C (more than 107 degrees Fahrenheit). What was once considered once-in-a-century extreme heatwaves – are 30 times more likely today, given the current level of global warming.

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