by faster | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: March 20, 2020 SNIP: Catastrophic crop failures caused by extreme weather in just one country could disrupt global food supplies and drive price spikes in an interconnected world, exposing how climate change threatens global stability,...
by faster | Dec 9, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Phys.org DATE: December 9, 2019 SNIP: Scientists have identified systematic meanders in the globe-circling northern jet stream that have caused simultaneous crop-damaging heat waves in widely separated breadbasket regions-a previously unquantified threat to...
by faster | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: August 8, 2019 SNIP: Negotiators for the world’s governments signed off on a report Wednesday that describes in alarming detail how agriculture, deforestation and other human impacts on lands are transforming the climate. The...
by faster | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Mother Jones DATE: August 8, 2019 SNIP: As the planet warms, parts of the world face new risks of food and water shortages, expanding deserts, and land degradation, warns a major new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change....
by faster | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: August 30, 2018 SNIP: Insects will be at the heart of worldwide crop losses as the climate warms up, predicts a US study. Scientists estimate the pests will be eating 10-25% more wheat, rice and maize across the globe for each one degree rise in...
