Climate Change and Food Security
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Global food crisis will worsen as heatwaves damage crops, research finds.
Harvests will fall dramatically during severe heatwaves, predicted to become many times more likely in coming decades
(two studies Jan 2013)
Unless the emissions of greenhouse gases are curbed significantly, their concentrations will continue to rise, leading to changes in temperature, precipitation, and other climate variables that will undoubtedly affect agriculture around the world American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America May 2011
Harvests will fall dramatically during severe heatwaves, predicted to become many times more likely in coming decades
(two studies Jan 2013)
Unless the emissions of greenhouse gases are curbed significantly, their concentrations will continue to rise, leading to changes in temperature, precipitation, and other climate variables that will undoubtedly affect agriculture around the world American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America May 2011
A. Dai. UCAR. Drought under Global warming Wiley 2010
Global warming induced global drought is a global food emergency for us all today.
The US and Northern Hemisphere land surface temperature for July 2012 was the all-time warmest July on record, at 1.19°C (2.14°F) above average (NOAA).
The globally-averaged land surface temperature for June–August 2012 was the all-time warmest June–August on record, at 1.03°C (1.85°F) above average.
The globally-averaged land surface temperature for June–August 2012 was the all-time warmest June–August on record, at 1.03°C (1.85°F) above average.
Millions
face starvation as world warms say scientists
Presistant drought affecting top NH food producing regions
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