Weather

Map shows where heat alerts are in effect in the U.S. on Monday, July 28, 2025.

 NBC News -  New Yorkers should brace for another sweaty summer week as temperatures are expected to rise to up to 105 degrees Fahrenheit.

Time -   There’s a connection between what you are seeing outside your window and what you are seeing in your grocery store, experts say. 

Both extreme weather and food costs have been on the rise in recent years. The Consumer Price Index, or CPI, showed, inflation overall rose 2.7% in June from a year earlier, as tomatoes, eggs, and coffee have all seen significant increases. During the same period, the country has battled record heat, hurricanes, and dangerous flooding.

Research suggests it’s more than just coincidence that the price increases and weather extremes are coming together. A report published Monday in the journal Environmental Research Letters shows how extreme weather events is correlated to specific food price spikes in the immediate aftermath.

Food yield being affected by weather is a tale as old as agriculture, but researchers in the study map how climate change has exacerbated extreme weather events, and is directly correlated to specific food price surges. In fact, researchers name food prices as the second-biggest way climate change is currently being felt across the globe, second to only extreme heat itself.