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Crops under stress as temperatures fall
Our politicians haven't noticed that the problem may be that the world is not warming but cooling, observes Christopher Booker.
By Christopher Booker
Published: 6:04PM BST 13 Jun 2009
For the second time in little over a year, it looks as though the world may be heading for a serious food crisis, thanks to our old friend "climate change". In many parts of the world recently the weather has not been too brilliant for farmers. After a fearsomely cold winter, June brought heavy snowfall across large parts of western Canada and the northern states of the American Midwest. In Manitoba last week, it was -4ºC. North Dakota had its first June snow for 60 years.
There was midsummer snow not just in Norway and the Cairngorms, but even in Saudi Arabia. At least in the southern hemisphere it is winter, but snowfalls in New Zealand and Australia have been abnormal. There have been frosts in Brazil, elsewhere in South America they have had prolonged droughts, while in China they have had to cope with abnormal rain and freak hailstorms, which in one province killed 20 people.
Originally posted by dgtempe
reply to post by star in a jar
YES! I just realized that darkness comes earlier than any previous year, and i've lived many.
I wish we had a scientific explanation for it all.
Originally posted by cornblossom
We're definitely experiencing colder than normal temperatures. Maybe it's just a normal cyclical thing (or not), but regardless, it's quite worrisome anytime the weather has a negative impact on our crops.
Originally posted by dgtempe
reply to post by star in a jar
To me, it looks like a dimmer fall Sun or even a Winter Sun, when you get that glare....
I cant really put my finger on it especially since we havent had much sun here, but when we have had the couple of sunny days, i've felt strange.
I dont know if i can explain it any better.
Originally posted by dgtempe
I'm 100% in agreement with you. I hate to see whats next.
Originally posted by dgtempe
Theres an old saying " Salimos de Guatemala para meternos en Guatapeor"
:shk:
As an American, i am very very upset. But now i'm derailing.