UK chips an inch shorter after summer heatwave – report

Increase in extreme weather due to climate change is damaging fruit and vegetable growing

The British chip has been left an inch shorter by the 2018 heatwave, according to a report on the risks to UK fruit and vegetable growing from climate change.

The spell of baking summer weather was made 30 times more likely by global warming and left spuds substantially smaller than usual. Yields of carrots and onions were also sharply down.