Italian Pasta

Scientists at the British Meteorological Office warn that Italy may soon be forced to import the basic ingredients to make pasta because climate change will make it impossible to grow durum wheat domestically. Rising temperatures and decreasing rainfall in the Mediterranean region mean Italy's wheat yields will start to decline from 2020, the scientists say. The crop could almost disappear from the country later this century.

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