Global food insecurity is on the rise. Local food may provide an opportunity to create more resilience in a community.
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Agricultural pests - viruses, bacteria, fungi, blights, mildews, rusts, beetles, nematodes, flies, mites, spiders and caterpillars - are spreading thanks to trade, travel and global warming, writes Tim Radford. The world faces a dire future of increased crop losses and growing insecurity.
… Farm pests' global advance threatens food security Tim … - are spreading thanks to trade, travel and global warming, writes Tim Radford. The world … according to new research in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography , those …
Rising global temperatures are likely to double the frequency of the most severe El Niños - the periodic atmospheric disruptions which affect weather across the globe. Tim Radford reports
… 2014 News Climate Change Australia Rising global temperatures are likely to double the … human history. It has nothing to do with global warming or climate change. Except this: … in Australia, the US, China and Britain, global warming is likely to make the most …
New research warns that rising temperatures will reduce the mountain snow in 97 major river basins worldwide, writes Tim Radford - cutting summer water supply to 2 billion people in lowland areas who depend on the meltwaters.
… Global warming reduces snows that water 2 … of fossil fuels - may already be affecting global precipitation. Researchers have … of the world's drylands will increase as global average temperatures rise. But warmer …
The first ever global life-cycle assessment of clean energy sources shows that a renewable system could supply the world's entire electricity needs by mid-century, writes Tim Radford.
… The first ever global life-cycle assessment of clean energy … needs by mid-century, writes Tim Radford. A global low-carbon energy economy is not only … have made - as far as they know - the first global life-cycle assessment of the economic …
Renewable energy sounds like the obvious solution for a power-hungry planet in a greenhouse world. But where will all the minerals come from?
… wind and solar energy meet only about 1% of global demand; hydroelectricity meets about … from wind turbines and solar energy to global energy production is to rise from the … This in turn would mean an annual increase in global production of these metals of from 5% …
Implementing measures to reduce the effects of climate change may cost money, but the results of global warming can be far more costly, particularly the rise in natural disasters, writes EMILY FOLK
… change may cost money, but the results of global warming can be far more costly, … found that for every degree Fahrenheit that global temperatures rise, the US could loss … cause of economic damage due to rising global temperatures. Let's take a look at just …
After 12 successive months of record high global temperatures, yet another record has been broken, writes Tim Radford: the lowest May sea ice extent ever observed in the Arctic - over half a million square kilometers under the previous low, set in 2004.
… After 12 successive months of record high global temperatures, yet another record has … low follows a series of record temperatures globally that have occurred in 2016. The warmest February and March since global records were first kept was followed by …
Hunger impacts millions of people each year and the number of people facing hunger could see a sharp increase in coming years.
… Climate change and global hunger Emily Folk | 21st August 2020 | … increase in coming years. Hunger remains a global crisis. Around the world, 135 million … change, are doing more damage than usual to global food production systems. Disasters As a …
The increase in meat and dairy consumption is set to cause huge increases in greenhouse gases, reports Tim Radford. A shift to less animal-based diets would cut greenhouse gases, conserve forests and grasslands - and make us all healthier, with reduced obesity, diabetes and associated conditions.
… diet-environment-health trilemma is a global challenge, and opportunity, of great … would be greatly increased at the same time global GHGs were reduced by an amount equal to … on diet" . Between 2009 and 2050, the global population will increase by 36%. People …
Governments have a far-reaching influence over both their countries and the world as a whole. They can have a hand in supporting the needs of their citizens, and one of those needs in this time is climate change, argues EMILY FOLK
… there are campaigns raising awareness about global warming seemingly everywhere. People of … their carbon footprint enough change? Global reach Many people are arguing for … environmental efforts. To be able to examine global warming on a worldwide level, countries …
Scientists think the amount of methane emitted to the atmosphere from freshwater ecosystems will increase as the climate warms, reports Tim Radford. And that will trigger further warming.
… identified yet another twist to the threat of global warming. Any further rises in … of natural gas emitted by ruminant cattle to global warming. But Gabriel Yvon-Durocher of … highlights another mechanism by which the global carbon cycle may serve to accelerate …
Despite massive clearance of carbon-rich forests for palm oil, cattle ranching, soybeans and other cash crops, writes Tim Radford, a new study finds that the net volume of carbon stored in trees is increasing thanks to their growing numbers on grasslands, on abandoned farmland, and in China.
… to estimate the overall pattern of growth in global vegetation. The fate of the forests … - has provided new high resolution maps of global forest cover . This will serve as a …
Human exploitation of peatlands has led to some of the biggest fires on Earth, including one in Indonesia that released 2.5 Gt of carbon, writes Tim Radford. A new study calculates that the world's peatlands contain almost a trillion tonnes of carbon at growing risk of burning.
… for years, it is another potential factor in global warming calculations. Peat is simply … Dutch and US scientists is part of a wider global attempt to understand the carbon cycle. Global warming happens because more carbon …
Global food production may need to double over the next century to feed a growing world population, writes Tim Radford - just as yields crops in major crop-growing areas fall due to higher temperatures. But there is another way: to build sustainability into our food production and consumption.
… Climate Change Population farm-sa-cut.jpg Global food production may need to double over … population will grow to 9 billion, and global food production will need to rise by … three cereal crops that are the basis of the global food supply against maps of change in …
Greenland's glaciers are more vulnerable to global warming than had previously been feared, reports Tim Radford, as ice bodies are undercut by seawater. The threat of rapidly rising sea levels just went up yet another notch.
… Greenland's glaciers are more vulnerable to global warming than had previously been … glaciers are increasingly vulnerable to global warming, a partner team has pinpointed … themselves become more vulnerable to global warming and increasingly likely to …
A dusty film of pollution is muting the reflective whiteness of Greenland's pristine icecap and making it vulnerable to accelerated melting rates, writes Tim Radford. And as warming continues, the declining reflectivity of the ice is accelerating the process.
… infra-red region of the spectrum - where the global warming happens in the thickening soup … climate scientists are increasingly sure that global climate change , as a consequence of global warming driven by ever-higher carbon …
Scientists work out how to stop global warming at 1.5°C by the end of the century: junk fossil fuel plants.
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Lack of access to clean water has during the coronavirus crisis been highlighted in developed countries like the United States in ways not previously noticed.
… to the bigger dilemmas like clean water. As a global health crisis, the coronavirus has … Similarly, access to clean water is another global health crisis. Both crises similarly … is an additional issue that requires urgent global attention. Both issues are prevalent …
Arctic warming is releasing ancient organic matter that's been deep-frozen for millennia, writes Tim Radford. And now scientists have discovered its fate: within weeks it's all digested by bacteria and released to the atmosphere as CO2 - with potentially catastrophic impacts on climate.
… Thawing Arctic carbon threatens 'runaway' global warming Tim Radford | 14th May 2015 … of greenhouse gas could only accelerate global warming and precipitate catastrophic …
The giant waves that hit Cornwall's coast this weekend form part of a long term trend, writes Tim Radford. Extreme weather linked to global warming is leading to more violent and more frequent storms devastating beaches, ports, infrastructure and coastal communities on Europe's exposed Atlantic coastlines.
… writes Tim Radford. Extreme weather linked to global warming is leading to more violent and … It's part of a long term trend linked to global warming. The Atlantic seas could be … focus from sea level rise resulting from global warming. Instead, they concentrated on …
The US Environmental Protection Agency has lowered methane emissions standards - which will 'lead to environmental damage and health issues like cardiovascular disease'.
… in North America accounts for a third of global methane emissions annually. Corporate … benefit them during the downturn due to the global pandemic, the long-term consequences … energy companies outweighs the effects of global methane emissions may not be easily …
Levels of CO2 are at their the highest in 800,000 years, writes Tim Radford, but news of a probable decline in emissions this year is providing welcome cheer at the COP21 climate summit: thanks to renewables, economic growth and falling emissions can go hand in hand.
… this case, the 2015 projection ranges from a global decline in emissions of up to 1.5% - … solar power. China is responsible for 27% of global emissions, the US 15%, the EU 10% and … from solved, he adds: "even if we reach peak global emissions within a decade or two, we'll …
As land rights of indigenous peoples are increasingly being violated, writes Tim Radford, new research shows that the planned destruction of the Amazon rainforest is a major threat not only to cultural identity but also to the global climate.
… not only to cultural identity but also to the global climate. Scientists in the US and Latin … forests are critical to the stability of the global climate, but also to the cultural … in biodiversity and is also a carbon sink of global importance. Every tree is a reservoir …