Arable farmers in Europe face multiple challenges of which climate change is but one. Reducing mineral fertilisers and synthetic pesticides, reduce emissions, create space for nature and deliver affordable foods are others.
Diagram from the journal article showing current understanding of the global water cycle with A. ‘flying rivers’ that combine ocean-derived and recycled terrestrial evapotranspiration; and B. Global distribution of precipitation in relation to potential evapotranspiration with consequences for hydroclimatic zones, tabulated for tropics and subtropics. Source: the authors of the article