Brazil’s Coffee Belt Freezes; China Coal; Sunspot Decay And Solar Minimum; + First Climate Lockdowns?
Global wildfire activity is declining (down 25% over the past two decade) — yet the emergency powers keep expanding.
Brazil’s Coffee Belt Freezes
Brazil’s key coffee regions are enduring a punishing sequence of cold events that threaten to cripple the already weakened 2026 harvest. Frost is hitting the delicate flowering phase that sets next year’s crop, stress from which can linger for months.
According to Maja Wallengren, founder of SpillingTheBean, the Cerrado Mineiro, Southern Minas, Alta Mogiana, and parts of São Paulo have been hit by three intense cold fronts this year — the latest bringing several consecutive mornings of frost.
