Every impact of the coming hunger and prediction of where El Niño will do the most harm is already being reported by government scientists, in public, on a schedule that you can follow.
Only public pressure and the fact that where Trump has shut down climate data scientists have stepped in to keep recording the data and where Trump ended the Hunger Report Feeding America, the Greater Boston Food Band, Project Bread and hunger organizations in all 50 states have kept reporting the data. So I guess the answer is good people like you and me!
Mark, how do you see the predicted Atlantic current failure will contribute and exacerbate food shortages? The base of our global food chain starts in the ocean. We won’t have grains to feed ourselves or livestock and poultry and we won’t have fisheries due to the decimation of plankton, and the subsequent decline of base fish like herring, sardine, mackerel, etc. Food shortages will come from El Niño and major ocean current failure. Will we be able to survive all of this in the next ten years (or less)? I am sincerely terrified for my children.
Current scientific predictions indicate that a slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is already occurring, and further weakening will significantly disrupt global food production. While a total collapse is still heavily debated, climate models and recent observational data show that the current has already slowed by up to 15% since the 1950s. Updated studies warn that the AMOC is projected to weaken by 42% to 58% by the year 2100, with the risk of crossing a catastrophic "tipping point" into a full shutdown escalating past 50%. El Niños come and go and cause a drastic shift of rains when they come. The slowing down of the AMOC is a serious and perhaps permanent change. Worth thinking about but most of the disaster reporting that the AMOC is going to slow quickly are overstating current science.
You can hear the future talking. “They continued to make wars instead of creating salvation for humanity? Nooooo. They couldn’t have been that stupid.”
Action Against Hunger holds a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, which is the organization's highest possible score.
Rating Highlights
Consecutive Recognition: The charity has earned this 4-star top rank for 18 years in a row.
Program Spending: Roughly 89% to 91% of every dollar donated goes directly to lifesaving hunger and nutrition programs.
Evaluation Categories: Charity Navigator scores the group across key beacons including Accountability & Finance, Impact & Results, Culture & Community, and Leadership & Adaptability.
Other Top Ratings: The organization is also a Platinum participant on Candid/GuideStar and holds an "A" rating from CharityWatch
You are definitely right that we need a major change in farming practices. Confronting climate change requires regenerative and climate-smart agriculture, which focuses on restoring soil health, capturing carbon, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The problem right now is that farmers who have improved their production by using phosphate fertilizers are starting to use up the reserve and are looking at low crop yields if they don't make up for this year's missed fertilizer. We need to get away from this odel of farming but many people will be facing hunger over the next 2-4 years due to the war in Iran.
In November 2021, the United Nations Third Committee voted on a resolution affirming the right to food. The resolution passed with 180 votes in favor, while the United States and Israel were the only two countries to vote against it. Interesting how these countries both dangle famine and death in our faces while not only on history's timer - but the human body's timer. The real reactions we'll be having to our toxins and stress.
Now we get to be forced to see the turnout of not only capitalist organization, lobbying, privilege, and more, but preoccupation with extraction of capital from generations that've been forced into an unsustainable position while all of this goes down. We should get to demand change and intervene for our rights and for our future. This is where I feel our founding fathers and such noted rights come to the forefront - we need new governments globally, and we live in a time where there are ways we can speak to each other and unite while this clock drones on.
I am happy to see positive interventions and discussions about community support for food pantries and non-profit/not-for-profit hydroponics, healthier option awareness (as it brings attention to the capitalist cycle of unsustainable production and emissions, diet, schedules, etc). There's certainly so much to be said. I also note the general structure will favor outcomes that will continue on the lineage of problems of access and affordability, which might be marketed as overtly positive due to that being the simple norm (and profitable choice, marketing ownership that still does not favor accessibility) - and in my prediction, be a pervasive issue during this food crisis. I believe solutions should be community-driven, owned, etc., and there should be no grabbing capitalist accounts trying to seem more important than literally every life on Earth. SAFETY AND BLESSINGS TO ALL. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE VITAL REPORTS AND NOTES!
Let’s hope that the members of the UN at their upcoming UNGA meeting vote to provide humanitarian aid, including food, to the 276 MILLION people in acute hunger and vote to come up with a way to lift the 2.3 BILLION people in food insecurity so that they can feed themselves and their families. Climate change is wiping economic activity and self-sufficiency off the map around the world, might be a smart place to start.
I suspect that throwing more salt at the ground in the form of phosphates will make the situation worse. Eventually what soil there is turns to dead dirt. What's needed urgently is a mass movement to restore soil biology a la Elaine Ingham. That way the soil retains more moisture and the situation is mitigated. Of course it needs everything else to go on too, and it's not a silver bullet, but fertilizer in general is probably a very short term answer.
Only public pressure and the fact that where Trump has shut down climate data scientists have stepped in to keep recording the data and where Trump ended the Hunger Report Feeding America, the Greater Boston Food Band, Project Bread and hunger organizations in all 50 states have kept reporting the data. So I guess the answer is good people like you and me!
Mark, how do you see the predicted Atlantic current failure will contribute and exacerbate food shortages? The base of our global food chain starts in the ocean. We won’t have grains to feed ourselves or livestock and poultry and we won’t have fisheries due to the decimation of plankton, and the subsequent decline of base fish like herring, sardine, mackerel, etc. Food shortages will come from El Niño and major ocean current failure. Will we be able to survive all of this in the next ten years (or less)? I am sincerely terrified for my children.
Current scientific predictions indicate that a slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is already occurring, and further weakening will significantly disrupt global food production. While a total collapse is still heavily debated, climate models and recent observational data show that the current has already slowed by up to 15% since the 1950s. Updated studies warn that the AMOC is projected to weaken by 42% to 58% by the year 2100, with the risk of crossing a catastrophic "tipping point" into a full shutdown escalating past 50%. El Niños come and go and cause a drastic shift of rains when they come. The slowing down of the AMOC is a serious and perhaps permanent change. Worth thinking about but most of the disaster reporting that the AMOC is going to slow quickly are overstating current science.
Thanks for your reply.
You can hear the future talking. “They continued to make wars instead of creating salvation for humanity? Nooooo. They couldn’t have been that stupid.”
Great organization to help during this crisis - https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/global-impact/where-we-work/
Good organization indeed!
Action Against Hunger holds a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, which is the organization's highest possible score.
Rating Highlights
Consecutive Recognition: The charity has earned this 4-star top rank for 18 years in a row.
Program Spending: Roughly 89% to 91% of every dollar donated goes directly to lifesaving hunger and nutrition programs.
Evaluation Categories: Charity Navigator scores the group across key beacons including Accountability & Finance, Impact & Results, Culture & Community, and Leadership & Adaptability.
Other Top Ratings: The organization is also a Platinum participant on Candid/GuideStar and holds an "A" rating from CharityWatch
Yes, I researched for an org that would use my contributions wisely and truly benefit those in most need. They fit that goal 😊
thank you for sharing ❤️
This article is so informative - and also terrifying. We need to act! Feeding people on this planet should not be optional.
With El Niño landing on the hunger caused by the aid cuts by the US, EU nations and Japan, it is going to be so much worse!
You are definitely right that we need a major change in farming practices. Confronting climate change requires regenerative and climate-smart agriculture, which focuses on restoring soil health, capturing carbon, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The problem right now is that farmers who have improved their production by using phosphate fertilizers are starting to use up the reserve and are looking at low crop yields if they don't make up for this year's missed fertilizer. We need to get away from this odel of farming but many people will be facing hunger over the next 2-4 years due to the war in Iran.
Such an important piece!!!
Thank you very much for this article. The interlocking factors are so very complex.
What's to stop the current regime in Washington from shutting down access to all the available information coming out of DC?
Amazing read - it is very interesting that the oil is tied to fertilizer production
Wow.
In November 2021, the United Nations Third Committee voted on a resolution affirming the right to food. The resolution passed with 180 votes in favor, while the United States and Israel were the only two countries to vote against it. Interesting how these countries both dangle famine and death in our faces while not only on history's timer - but the human body's timer. The real reactions we'll be having to our toxins and stress.
Now we get to be forced to see the turnout of not only capitalist organization, lobbying, privilege, and more, but preoccupation with extraction of capital from generations that've been forced into an unsustainable position while all of this goes down. We should get to demand change and intervene for our rights and for our future. This is where I feel our founding fathers and such noted rights come to the forefront - we need new governments globally, and we live in a time where there are ways we can speak to each other and unite while this clock drones on.
I am happy to see positive interventions and discussions about community support for food pantries and non-profit/not-for-profit hydroponics, healthier option awareness (as it brings attention to the capitalist cycle of unsustainable production and emissions, diet, schedules, etc). There's certainly so much to be said. I also note the general structure will favor outcomes that will continue on the lineage of problems of access and affordability, which might be marketed as overtly positive due to that being the simple norm (and profitable choice, marketing ownership that still does not favor accessibility) - and in my prediction, be a pervasive issue during this food crisis. I believe solutions should be community-driven, owned, etc., and there should be no grabbing capitalist accounts trying to seem more important than literally every life on Earth. SAFETY AND BLESSINGS TO ALL. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE VITAL REPORTS AND NOTES!
Let’s hope that the members of the UN at their upcoming UNGA meeting vote to provide humanitarian aid, including food, to the 276 MILLION people in acute hunger and vote to come up with a way to lift the 2.3 BILLION people in food insecurity so that they can feed themselves and their families. Climate change is wiping economic activity and self-sufficiency off the map around the world, might be a smart place to start.
I suspect that throwing more salt at the ground in the form of phosphates will make the situation worse. Eventually what soil there is turns to dead dirt. What's needed urgently is a mass movement to restore soil biology a la Elaine Ingham. That way the soil retains more moisture and the situation is mitigated. Of course it needs everything else to go on too, and it's not a silver bullet, but fertilizer in general is probably a very short term answer.
Oh dear god