Field in the frame: agricultural fires from above

War can have wide-ranging environmental impacts, including on agricultural production. Professors Gong and Lin and colleagues analysed satellite imagery over agricultural areas in five provinces of eastern Ukraine from 2019-2022. They found that production of wheat, sunflower, and rapeseed in these regions has declined by more than thirty percent in the subsequent growing season since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war. This work demonstrates the devastating impact that war can have upon agriculture and therefore food security worldwide.