From Spanish hams to snowless NYC, climate change making itself felt in strangest ways

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From Spanish hams to snowless NYC, climate change making itself felt in strangest ways

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(A native of England, veteran journalist Matthew Diebel has worked at NBC News, Time, USA Today and News Corp., among other organizations.)

Why I could be hamming it up in Spain for not much longer

Over the Christmas break my family and I were lucky enough to take a trip to Spain. We had a few days in Madrid followed by 10 days in the islands of Lanzarote and Grand Canary.

Among the highlights were the bountiful buffets served by the hotels we stayed at for segments of our vacation. There was usually an egg station. There was always a multitude of magnificent Spanish fruits, such as melons and oranges. And another constant was an array of cured meats, including various sausages — the chorizo, by the way, is different and much better than that found in the U.S. — and hams.

So good! One of them was jamón serrano, a bright pink version crossed with delicious white streaks of smooth fat. The other, though, was the porky pièce de résistance: jamón ibérico. With a darker meat, it has a deeper taste that lingers in the mouth. It is also very expensive — about $60 per pound at retail — and I probably almost put the hotels out of business with the amount I ate.

Imagine, then, the sharp intake of breath I took when I saw this headline: “Spain’s prized jamón ibérico under threat from climate crisis.”…

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Trey has been an editor and author at 24/7 Wall St. for more than a decade, where he has published thousands of articles analyzing corporate earnings, dividend stocks, short interest, insider buying, private equity, and market trends. His comprehensive coverage spans the full spectrum of financial markets, from blue-chip stalwarts to emerging growth companies.

Beyond 24/7 Wall St., Trey has created and edited financial content for Benzinga and AOL's BloggingStocks, contributing additional hundreds of articles to the investment community. He previously oversaw the 24/7 Climate Insights site, managing editorial operations and content strategy, and currently oversees and creates content for My Investing News.

Trey's editorial expertise extends across multiple publishing environments. He served as production editor at Dearborn Financial Publishing and development editor at Kaplan, where he helped shape financial education materials. Earlier in his career, he worked as a writer-producer at SVE. His freelance editing portfolio includes work for prestigious clients such as Sage Publications, Rand McNally, the Institute for Supply Management, the American Library Association, Eggplant Literary Productions, and Spiegel.

Outside of financial journalism, Trey writes fiction and has been an active member of the writing community for years, overseeing a long-running critique group and moderating workshop sessions at regional conventions. He lives with his family in an old house in the Midwest.

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