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Saul Ngarava, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Natural Sciences, University of Lincoln

Saltwater flooding could radically change which crops are worth growing

Farmland along the coast of Lincolnshire, UK. Alice Baddeley/Shutterstock

Saltwater isn’t something most people associate with English farmland. But in parts of eastern England, it’s becoming a growing problem, and not just for crops, but for farm incomes too.

In our new study focusing on Greater Lincolnshire, one of the UK’s most productive agricultural areas, we found that rising sea levels and more frequent flooding are pushing salt onto some of the country’s best farmland.

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