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Chapter 38 - [Climate Note] Autumn Disappeared, Snow Remained – The Future of Harvests Buried Under Storms

One October morning, not far into the future,an unprecedented snowstorm swept across the metropolitan region.

The forecast had mentioned only "possible rain or hail."

But in an instant, the city was blanketed in snow,and wet, heavy flakes settled directly onto fieldsjust days before harvest.

On the sidewalks, ginkgo leaves lay buried beneath snowdrifts.

Branches snapped under the weight.

Bicycles skidded and toppled.

In the countryside, cabbages, potatoes, and apples left in the fieldssuffered damage beyond repair.

Meteorologists later explained that the storm arose frominstability in the northwestern air mass combined witha reversal of circulation caused by global warming—a collision between the autumn foliage front and the snowfall front.

With the jet stream weakening and warm air layers stagnating,the seasons themselves had begun to overlap in unnatural ways.

But this is more than just a change of scenery.

When snow delays or destroys a harvest,the immediate blow to agriculture is severe.

Over time, the shock spreads outward—food supply chains fracture, prices rise,and tensions between urban and rural communities deepen.

When autumn collapses directly into winter,farming ceases to be a predictable industry at all.

The old calendars of planting and harvest no longer function.

Even smart-farm systems stand powerless against such abrupt disruptions.

Winter is no longer something that begins in December.

At times, it arrives in October—or even earlier—overlapping with the harvest seasonto bring both economic loss and food insecurity.

And the danger is this:Such storms may not be events of 2050.

Even now, we dismiss them as "unusual" when they appear once or twice a year.

But soon, these anomalies could becomethe new definition of an average season.

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