But now, he said, “There’s nothing left.”Climate change was already having an impact, even before the most recent heat wave. When Mr. Hemphill took over the family farm in 2010, his father and uncle had already been growing trees for 26 years. But they never experienced anything like the weather conditions that Mr. Hemphill, 43, now faces. Growing up, he said, rainfall was plentiful — and predictable — in the key growing period of early July. But this July 4, like every other one in his more recent memory, was hot and dry.

Source: New York Times July 26, 2021 18:07 UTC