where is a topic on global climate change
weather changes are happening
but will they continue to screw around with our crops and housing?
weather changes are happening
but will they continue to screw around with our crops and housing?
I SEE GLOBAL WARMING AS A TOPIC BUT...
- Thread starter Don Quixote
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from the studies that i have read (i try to keep with climatological and meterological literature), the most likely scenario is the north atlantic escalator will break and the north atlantic land mases will be buried under over 30 meters of snow most of the year and the pacific will gain in temperature producing pacific rim pounding storms - this may trigger geological reactions such as strong earthquakes and major volcanic eruptions all around the 'rim of fire'
however, nothing is sure, except that there will be major changes with major storms in unexpected places, rising sea levels and crop failures
oh well - i may not live to see all of this or maybe just the leading edge, but my offspring will
Kill the MOOOSE! They are being protected by those Senators who voted against drilling in ANWR!
Thorn
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... however, nothing is sure, except that there will be major changes with major storms in unexpected places, rising sea levels and crop failures
oh well - i may not live to see all of this or maybe just the leading edge, but my offspring will
I think that this is the essence of the problem, that because the changes will wreak instability in local weather and climate for some years to come, we won't be able to predict when to plant and what to grow. Different crops require different amounts of water, different temperatures, and different lengths of growing time. Severe storms can wipe out crops in just a few moments. (I live in W.Tx where this can happen now) In a worst-case scenario, the unpredictability of precipitation and temperature over seasons is going to create a lot of havoc, and consequently in our food supplies.
These changes also seem to be gathering momentum, and I think that we'll see far more of these consequences in our lifetimes than we'd have thought ten, or even five years ago.
Thorn
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I read that last week, I think. That should be a huge cause for concern.
Thorn
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Not only that but it could represent a use (diversion?) of many thousands of acres of arable land for energy production, and depending on the proportion of this land used could lead to food shortages, not just higher prices. I think that there's a misunderstanding in the urban areas of this country about the availability of arable land vs. total land mass.
I want to start growing a "kitchen garden", but am concerned about the chemicals used for cotton in the fields surrounding us. (At least they're presently applied by tractor and no longer by aerial crop sprayers.)
The changes in climate may not be as violent as we fear, but the climatologists and meteorologists' predictions at present are not optimistic for a stable agricultural output.