Farmed Out: How Will Climate Change Impact World Food Supplies?
By | Published: September 30, 2009
Scientific American: The people of East Africa once again face a devastating drought this year: Crops wither and fail from Kenya to Ethiopia, livestock drop dead and famine spreads. Although, historically, such droughts are not uncommon in this region, their frequency seems to have increased in recent years, raising prices for staple foods, such as maize. This scenario may simply be a taste of a world undergoing climate change in the mid–21st century, according to a new report from the International Food …
Farmed Out: How Will Climate Change Impact World Food Supplies?
Scientific American: The people of East Africa once again face a devastating drought this year: Crops wither and fail from Kenya to Ethiopia, livestock drop dead and famine spreads. Although, historically, such droughts are not uncommon in this region, their frequency seems to have increased in recent years, raising prices for staple foods, such as maize. This scenario may simply be a taste of a world undergoing climate change in the mid–21st century, according to a new report from the International Food …
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