In Madagascar, cyclones and drought have devastated the vanilla industry. The country supplies 85% of the world’s natural vanilla, yet yields were halved in recent years: A single cyclone in 2017 damaged 30% of that year’s harvest. In Afghanistan, drought and shifting rainfall are shrinking cumin crops, longtime staples of cooking and trade. In Bulgaria, rose fields now bloom earlier and for shorter periods, thinning the delicate oil behind centuries of fragrance tradition. And in Egypt, intensifying heat forces jasmine blossoms to open too soon, releasing their scent before the dawn pickers arrive.

— Read more in When the World Stops Smelling Like Itself at Atmos.