Tea off: India’s farmers say climate changing brew (AP)

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - Science News

An Indian laborer plucks tea leaves at a tea garden in Amchong tea estate, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Tea growers in northeastern India say climate change has hurt the country's tea crop, leading not just to a drop in production but also subtly altering the flavor of their brew. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)AP - In this humid, lush region where an important part of the world's breakfast is born, the evidence of climate change is — literally — a weak tea.



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