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   CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 23:43:44 JST CelloMom On Cars

   "Global warming is leading to smaller yields and poorer quality in #rice crops, according to new research that suggests rice harvests could decrease by up to 35% and quality by up to 85% compared to plants in 1990s climate conditions.

   The research suggests that additional high CO2 concentration further worsened production compared to the high temperature alone."

   (So much for that claim that CO2 is "plant food" eh).

   https://www.yahoo.com/news/study-rice-harvests-quality-worsening-195323415.html
   #ClimateInflation

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:24 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "Different parts of [#China] are being simultaneously hit by floods, droughts and tropical storms, threatening to spur food #inflation if output of wheat, soybeans, rice and corn is affected.

     Major rice-growing areas in the south have been soaked by flooding, while droughts further north have damaged wheat and delayed corn and soybean planting."

     https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-08/extreme-weather-poses-risks-for-chinese-crops-power-over-summer

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:25 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "Many [wheat] farmers saw a decline in crop production.

     Al-Akhras and others like him say that decades of conflict in #Syria and #ClimateChange are to blame. And we can see the evidence all around the country."

     https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/syrian-farmers-caught-between-grinding-conflict-and-climate-change/ar-BB1pcKvJ?item=flightsprg-tipsubsc-v1a%3Futm_source%3Dmilei.news%2F

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:25 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "Portions of Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska are grappling with the aftermath of #flooding, while continuing to fight a swollen river. The Mississippi River is facing flood threats, too. The high waters and flooding are suffocating fields, causing #CropDamage to key growing areas across the Midwest."

     https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/flooding-across-midwest-may-have-wiped-out-1-million-acres-crops-new

     You know all this will contribute to #ClimateInflation

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:25 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     And yet.

     Whem the article talks about where does all this water come from?
     "High pressure"
     "Cold front"
     "Gulf Moisture"
     "Recycle local moisture"
     and even
     "An unbroken jet stream flow from Japan"
     But not a single word about global warming.

     https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/flooding-across-midwest-may-have-wiped-out-1-million-acres-crops-new

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:26 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     Drought, early frosts, and birds who can't find enough insects to eat in the drought all contribute to a "horror season" for #NewZealand #olive growers.

     https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/520499/horror-season-for-many-olive-oil-producers

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:26 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "A third of the food price increases in the UK in 2023 was down to climate change, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit think-tank."

     https://www.ft.com/content/125e89c0-308a-492f-ae8e-6834847d1186

     That's ... a lot.
     For the UK, that's called #ClimateInflation .

     For developing countries that spend more of their budget on food (and where the ability of growing food is closer to the temperature limits), this could spell real trouble.

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:27 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "“Two years ago, we produced 500 tons of oil, and last year, 70,” he said. “The reduced production shattered my dreams.

     Athanasios Molasiotis, a professor of agronomy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, said that higher-than-usual temperatures, which are attributed to #ClimateChange, are affecting the Greek #OliveOil sector in multiple ways."

     https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/production/farmers-in-greece-witness-the-impacts-of-climate-change-after-historically-low-harvest/132043

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:27 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     Where this is going:

     This study on "Global impacts of heat and #water stress on #FoodProduction and severe food insecurity" says that if we keep emitting carbon like we do now, 1.36 billion extra people will experience "severe food insecurity" by 2050.

     That's 17% of the world population.

     https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-65274-z

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:27 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     This is what #ClimateInflation looks like:

     People in the heartland of olive oil - Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece - are consuming less of it: as harvests have gone down, prices have soared.

     https://www.ft.com/content/9b284294-1c76-46a0-9fe7-97ea94542c68

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:28 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     #ClimateChange comes for your #Avocados

     "Researchers at the charity Christian Aid said that a hotter, drier world would make it more difficult to provide the significant amount of water needed to grow the fruit.

     Mexico, the world’s biggest producer, could see its potential growing area reduced by 31 per cent by 2050 - even if global average temperature rises are limited to under 2C, according to the report. "

     https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/climate-change-avocados-uk-water-production-christian-aid-report-b1157475.html

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:28 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "Global warming is bringing on a succession of negative effects on a range of marine creatures across #Japan, such as the relocated habitats of fish and fluctuations in #seafood catches.

     Concerns are growing that the summer #heatwave expected this year as well may further exacerbate the situation.
     The total seafood catch in Japan has been on a continuous decline."

     https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15244124
     #ClimateInflation

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 22:48:28 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "#Morocco’s harvest of three main grains, soft #wheat, #durum, and #barley, dropped 43% to 3.12 million tons in 2024, due to a severe #drought that slashes cultivated areas."

     https://northafricapost.com/77635-drought-ditches-moroccos-cereals-harvest-by-43-in-2024.html

     #ClimateInflation