Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Food & the Environment: Extra Credit Blog
How do you predict that global warming will impact global food production in the future?
Because of the very nature of the problem with Global warming being that the globe, our Earth is warming at an alarming pace. Carbon dioxide and other gases are being trapped in our atmosphere exponentially fast, and this combined with the loss of plants due to clear cutting and climate changes has caused a decrease in the amount of photosynthesis by plants of turning carbon dioxide into oxygen, thus exacerbating the problem.
Many studies have shown the decrease in biodiversity of plants and animals in the last decade due to rising temperatures. Climates are changing across the globe before life forms have had a chance to adapt, meaning that some species simply cannot survive in their current habitat anymore. Bees are dying meaning that plants cannot be pollinated, butterflies are migrating too soon meaning that some species of birds cannot survive, etc. etc.... It is a food chain, and the precious cycles of this planet are feeling the immediate strains of our human actions. If temperatures increase, precipitation increases, as well as natural events such as hurricanes and tornadoes. Increased rain leads to increased runoff in some areas, and increased drought in other areas. Absolutely without question global warming is a huge issue at the front of feeding tomorrows world.
Because of the very nature of the problem with Global warming being that the globe, our Earth is warming at an alarming pace. Carbon dioxide and other gases are being trapped in our atmosphere exponentially fast, and this combined with the loss of plants due to clear cutting and climate changes has caused a decrease in the amount of photosynthesis by plants of turning carbon dioxide into oxygen, thus exacerbating the problem.
Many studies have shown the decrease in biodiversity of plants and animals in the last decade due to rising temperatures. Climates are changing across the globe before life forms have had a chance to adapt, meaning that some species simply cannot survive in their current habitat anymore. Bees are dying meaning that plants cannot be pollinated, butterflies are migrating too soon meaning that some species of birds cannot survive, etc. etc.... It is a food chain, and the precious cycles of this planet are feeling the immediate strains of our human actions. If temperatures increase, precipitation increases, as well as natural events such as hurricanes and tornadoes. Increased rain leads to increased runoff in some areas, and increased drought in other areas. Absolutely without question global warming is a huge issue at the front of feeding tomorrows world.
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