'When the soil becomes too hot, the plant isn't going to grow, it's actually going to die.'
AS SOUTHERN EUROPE continues to grapple with an ongoing heatwave, some may worry if it will affect the produce available on Irish supermarket shelves in the coming weeks.
Firefighters from across Europe were also scrambled to Greece to battle a raging wildfire close to Athens.Parts of Spain also reached 45C. “As a result, the reservoirs didn’t fill in early spring because they didn’t get the downpours they would normally get. He suggests that the full extent of current heatwave across southern Europe won’t be known for around three to four weeks, though believes there may be shortages in the autumn.
‘Makes the soil practically useless’ Leonard explains that part of the problem for harvesting in countries like Spain is the knock-on impact the heats have on water usage. Alamy Stock Photo Workers clean debris from the sewers in Lugo in Spain on 5 June, 2023, after a rain and hail storm. Alamy Stock Photo“We’re in an open market, it’s supply and demand, and if you haven’t got a supply and you have a big demand, obviously prices go up.
“But we’re not selling them in two weeks’ time,” adds Leonard, “because the temperatures are too high, so the growers are harvesting them and getting them to market to get them sold.” Peter Thorne, a climatologist at Maynooth University, highlights how Ireland is protected by the EU single market and by EU policies.
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