Report details warming’s impact on oceans (New York Times): A new United Nations report says that rising temperatures are dramatically affecting the world’s oceans, leading to, among other things, depleted fish populations and more intense natural disasters.
China buys more soybeans (USDA): Private exporters reported the sale of 581,000 tonnes (21.3 million bushels) of soybeans worth $188 million to China on Wednesday, raising the sales total since Sept. 13 to 1.3 million tonnes.
Britain launches insect study (Washington Post): A group of meteorologists is teaming up with insect researchers in a collaboration called BioDAR to monitor flying insect activity across the United Kingdom.
Climate change threatens wheat crop (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Droughts caused by global warming could devastate up to 60 percent of the world’s wheat-growing regions by the end of the century, imperiling a staple food that provides one-fifth of the world’s calories, researchers say.
More turmoil at Dean (Wall Street Journal): As its market value continues to decline, Dean Foods’ finance chief stepped down this week after just more than a year in the role.