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Some of our favorite foods and drinks could be considered "endangered" because the places where they are grown are being severely impacted by climate change. If this isn't proof that we need to do something about climate change, I don't know what is. To start off, here are a few foods that are part of our every lives that might not be around for long.
- Coffee
- Chocolate
- Beer
- Maple Syrup
- Seafood: Lobsters and Salmon
- Peanut Butter
- Potatoes
What can we do about it?
Some farmers and researchers have started looking into bringing back ancient or near-extinct crops that might be better suited for this new reality.
Amaranth is one example. Once considered a sacred grain by the Aztec, amaranth was banned by the Spanish because it was used in sacrificial ceremonies.
[...] Cultivated in Ethiopia for more than 7,000 years, the enset plant is known as the "false banana" because of its similarity to the banana tree. It can withstand heavy drought and heavy rain, making it a plant that can naturally withstand climate change. [It] produces two times more food per unit of land than cereal crops.
[...] While most plants making a comeback are known for being drought resistant and having a high tolerance for heat, other plants (like taro) can be grown in flooded areas, a concern for rising sea levels in Asia and other parts of the world.
[...] Some believe that [...] seed banks are the best way to prepare for climate change. John Torgrimson, executive director of the Seed Savers Exchange in the United States, told Truthout that "while not every traditional variety tastes great or looks great, its genetics may be invaluable 50 or 100 years from now when the climate is different. There are qualities in varieties that we don't even know about. It might be resistant to a particular disease; it may grow well in a particular region; it may have certain traits that will allow us to deal with climactic conditions going forward. Diversity is an insurance policy".
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @02:02PM
There is no evidence for death; only extended sleep. There is only hear-say, wikipedia pages and politician's rhetorics to keep the populace scared, subdued and obedient.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @04:16PM
No, you are wrong. There IS evidence for death. It is called decay and aposynthesis.
Now crawl back to your hole, and tell your globalist master scum that rebranding "global warming" as "climate change" is not going to work, nor will any of the rest of NASA bullshit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @07:39PM
...chiefly, the hoaxed moon landings.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @09:27PM
tell your globalist master scum that rebranding "global warming" as "climate change" is not going to work
Hm, I thought that deniers demanded the renaming, because calling it global warming is "alarmist"? You know, like calling torture "enhanced interrogation" suddenly makes it not a war crime. I guess that for some people rose by any other name would not smell as sweet.