Meet the Bavarian hop farmer securing his harvest and income with solar 'hats'
No rain, no hops – no hops, no beer. Climate change, heat and dry farmland are hitting Bavaria’s key crop. Could solar panels save it?

Big Tech’s data center building boom could create a huge new source of carbon emissions as the surging demand for electricity sparks a wave of fossil-fuel power plants, despite companies’ climate commitments.
Justice Jody Kollapen said consulting communities isn’t just a procedural requirement, but “a process which affirms human dignity by affording a seat at the table to those whose lives are impacted by decisions.”
Climatic changes such as the record heat and drought endured across swathes of Europe this summer are testing the resilience of France's champagne industry.
A young smooth hammerhead shark discovered in northwestern Spain marks the first confirmed record of a newborn or recently born individual in Galicia and possibly the entire Iberian Peninsula.
Western automakers ignored smaller markets like Argentina. But China saw potential — and that bet is paying off.
China has established the first scheduled transit through the northern sea route, but questions remain over the environmental and political risks.
Agricultural workers and advocates gathered in Raleigh, North Carolina, last week to highlight the contributions of immigrant farmworkers and the dangers they face working in extreme heat.
The Guardian traveled 100 miles along the European Union’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water.
