{"id":"6ec8dc90-f845-43a9-82fa-c3d3c0da2bf0","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/italy-croatia-stella-piedmont-scientists-b3076996.html","domain":"independent.co.uk","outlet":{"name":"The Independent","country":"GB","cred":3,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"From Italy to Croatia, a warming climate threatens prized white truffles","plainHeadline":"Climate change threatens Europe’s white truffle harvests in Italy and Croatia","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Truffle hunters in Alba, Italy report smaller, shorter shelf-life truffles due to heat and drought.","Prices at Alba’s market are 20% to 30% higher than last year amid limited supply.","Croatia mirrors trend with smaller, scarcer white truffles and a 30% below-normal harvest.","Experts link hotter summers and erratic rainfall to declining truffle quantity and area.","Efforts focus on forest restoration, irrigation trials, and research into habitat adaptation."],"topics":["Environment","Climate","Science"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T05:34:51.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-01T06:25:35.315Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/d4ec28d6-725a-4296-a307-3c60438d1cf9","storyId":"d4ec28d6-725a-4296-a307-3c60438d1cf9","image":"https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/11/01/05/Italy_Truffles_Climate_78741.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2","author":"Niccolò Lupone and Giada Zampano","dek":"Climate change is increasingly threatening Europe’s prized white truffle harvests, hunters and researchers in Italy and Croatia say"}