How a season of record heat, drought, and marine warming is straining the nation’s food supply, just as the federal government is dismantling the food safety net!
Thanks for this detailed and thoughtful rundown of the broader effects of sustained heat on critical systems (and all the species and life forces within them). As someone who is trying to pay attention to what my senses tell me about the plants, creatures, weather and water in my yard and environs, this is the second time I comment with this word this week: sobering. It’s difficult to read about the ways sustained heat and insufficient nocturnal cooling affects natural processes we count upon, and can so easily take for granted. But we need this kind of information to comprehend the complexity of the predicament we’ve created for ourselves and for all beings on the planet. 🙏🏻
Glad that you found it helpful. One of the things that I’m trying to do is focus on what climate change is doing right now. Also, trying to shine a light on the vast number of people who are being affected by climate impacting crops and food supply and increasing the number of people in hunger. It seems that the news media and people posting about the news have gone quiet on both of these issues. Hope my future article are similarly enlightening.
A very compelling, well-written article. Will the fishermen and the farmers be the voices of reason in their respective communities to make climate change the most important issue to address for the sake of food security? They know the impacts.
Thanks for this detailed and thoughtful rundown of the broader effects of sustained heat on critical systems (and all the species and life forces within them). As someone who is trying to pay attention to what my senses tell me about the plants, creatures, weather and water in my yard and environs, this is the second time I comment with this word this week: sobering. It’s difficult to read about the ways sustained heat and insufficient nocturnal cooling affects natural processes we count upon, and can so easily take for granted. But we need this kind of information to comprehend the complexity of the predicament we’ve created for ourselves and for all beings on the planet. 🙏🏻
Glad that you found it helpful. One of the things that I’m trying to do is focus on what climate change is doing right now. Also, trying to shine a light on the vast number of people who are being affected by climate impacting crops and food supply and increasing the number of people in hunger. It seems that the news media and people posting about the news have gone quiet on both of these issues. Hope my future article are similarly enlightening.
A very compelling, well-written article. Will the fishermen and the farmers be the voices of reason in their respective communities to make climate change the most important issue to address for the sake of food security? They know the impacts.
We can only hope because they live in the communities we need to convince that change is necessary and possible.