{
  "id": 9755137,
  "title": "Harri Tiido: Bananas in Siberia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/harri-tiido-bananas-in-siberia",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-25T10:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ERR News Estonia",
    "slug": "err-news-estonia",
    "url": "https://news.err.ee/1610147032/harri-tiido-bananas-in-siberia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In his commentary series, Harri Tiido examines climate warming and the thawing of permafrost. Climate change has dried out Russia's traditional grain belt — the steppe regions — due to drought, and in some areas up to 70 percent of former cropland has become unusable, Tiido notes.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}