Nature No Longer Smells So Natural—and That’s Our Fault
· hannah thomasy
AI Briefing
- • Human activities alter global scent, affecting jasmine flower yields in Egypt.
- • Extreme drought reduces tuberose production in France.
- • Climate change impacts fragrances and aromas worldwide.
Source Summary
This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Across the globe, human activities are changing the way our planet smells. In Egypt, increasing temperatures are shrinking yields of aromatic jasmine flowers; in France, extreme drought has reduced the production of fragrant, night-blooming tuberose, a major ingredient in many [...]
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