Global heating linked to rising risk of extreme rain that causes devastating landslides and rising coffee prices
The record floods that have brought death and destruction to the heartland of Brazil’s coffee industry are expected to intensify if people continue to burn fossil fuels, analysis has shown.
Dozens of residents in the state of Minas Gerais have been buried alive in landslides or swept away as roads turned into rivers over the past month. Thousands more have been forced to evacuate their homes, while the wider, longer-term effects are likely to include higher prices for coffee across the world.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/quit-fossil-fuels-to-stem-deadly-floods-in-brazils-coffee-heartland-say-scientists
Author : Jonathan Watts
Publish date : 2026-03-12 03:01:00
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