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Shrinking glaciers to spark food shortages

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Shrinking glaciers to spark food shortages


Environmental | 206623 hits | Jun 11 9:12 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates � Nearly 60 million people living around the Himalayas will suffer food shortages in the coming decades as glaciers shrink and the water sources for crops dry up, a study said Thursday.

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  1. by Khar
    Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:32 am
    I always wonder where "Most scientists tie that warming directly to higher atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide" comes from, since for the life of me I can never find out when the scientific community was actually checked for their opinion, especially those of the Chemical, Earth and Atmospheric sciences...

    In a way, it�s like the Pluto is no longer a planet thing. A single digit percentage of astronomers were involved in making that decision, even though the society represented them all.

    However, even in a warmth stage it is interesting to see what has been forecasted for those regions. Casey Brown makes an excellent synopsis of the situation when he discusses current water use in the region and how it is simply unsustainable in the long term, although many are waiting and hoping for the next green revolution. Given the crops which took part in the last green revolution, it is not a surprise that water became a problem so abruptly in recent years.

  2. by avatar Public_Domain
    Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:35 am
    :|

  3. by avatar tritium
    Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:28 am
    population control.. mother nature fighting back.

  4. by Khar
    Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:17 am
    "Mr_Canada" said
    I don't believe there's a conspiracy.

    But the Pluto thing does piss me off.


    Bah, in general I don't believe in conspiracy theories, I just think the media generally overstates the scientific community's position as a whole on it as a largely unbroken grouping, in my opinion, but that's just me. After you see it written so many times, it just becomes a generalization broadly accepted, so I'm not surprised to see it still in use -- I'm just wondering if there really has been a concerted effort to secure verification of the opinion's of scientists in related fields on the validity of the topic. I'd love to see a link if there has been.

  5. by avatar herbie
    Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:08 pm
    Instead of arguing about conspiracies, get in your damn car and go look at one. If you're Canadian it won't be all that big a drive.
    If you happen to find one that's growing, post the pics.

  6. by Khar
    Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:10 am
    I said I didn't believe in conspiracies, Herbie, nor did anyone else in the thread say they did. Concerns about the quality and breadth of the science being discussed is not a conspiracy -- I don't believe that there is a secret plot.



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