Romanian farms wilt as climate change brings persistent drought | AFP

Crushing a lump of dry soil in her hand, Iulia Blagu illustrates the impact of one of Romania’s worst droughts in years. Subjected to blazing heat and a lack of water, the farmer’s cornfields have been devastated and she has been forced to take out a bank loan to pay her workers. Blagu isn’t alone in a country that, according to the Environment Ministry, is losing 1,000 hectares of arable land per year due to climate change.

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