Plowed Under

“The studies range from a groundbreaking discovery that rice loses vitamins in a carbon-rich environment — a potentially serious health concern for the 600 million people world-wide whose diet consists mostly of rice — to a finding that climate change could exacerbate allergy seasons to a warning to farmers about the reduction in quality of grasses important for raising cattle.” But you probably didn’t hear about these studies. Politico: Agriculture Department buries studies showing dangers of climate change.

+ Buzzfeed: Farmers Are Losing Everything After Forever Chemicals Turned Up In Their Food.

+ June was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth.