Sunday, March 20, 2011

High food prices said foretaste of climate shocks

by Alister Doyle from Reuters
"...in the next few decades the build-up of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere could greatly increase the risk of droughts, flooding, pest infestation and water scarcity for agriculture systems already under tremendous stress,"....

World food prices hit a record high last month, according to the United Nations. High food prices are adding to poverty and are a factor in triggering uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt which have spread across the Arab world.
See also, "Chinese Drought Could Cause Global Food Crisis" from Huffington Post.