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I think that’s a simplistic view of it. As far as I’ve followed along, Russia has been having droughts and mega fires which tend to be incompatible with high cr

by dv_dt 5y ago

I think that’s a simplistic view of it. As far as I’ve followed along, Russia has been having droughts and mega fires which tend to be incompatible with high crop yields.

sgillen 5y ago
Well I believe the droughts and wildfires are not really occurring in Siberia, which is the area I think some are speculating will become a breadbasket. Edit: I was wrong.
- 3327 5y ago
  There are unprecedented wild fires in siberia. What are you talking about!
  - wiredearp 5y ago
    Perhaps they argue for this case over in https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/16/magazine/russia-climate-migration-crisis.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/16/magazine/russ.... I haven't read the article, I just keep the bookmark around.
- headstorm 5y ago
  Living around Seattle, I disagree, lately there have been articles just about every year about wildfires or drought in Siberia, and many about those fires causing smoky skies in Seattle. This summer: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/07/05/siberia-forest-fires-fueled-by-historic-drought-heatwave-a74427 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/07/05/siberia-forest-fir... 2019: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/unprecedented-number-of-fires-in-siberia-to-blame-for-washingtons-hazy-skies/281-ff8fbdf1-8188-4a30-be7a-220f0de1eb6a https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/unprecedented-numbe... 2018: https://crosscut.com/2018/07/first-smoky-skies-season-arrive-seattle-siberia https://crosscut.com/2018/07/first-smoky-skies-season-arrive...
- ancientworldnow 5y ago
  Siberia has awful soil that doesn't have nearly the nutrients necessary to support large scale agriculture even if the temperature shifts. You could fix that, but it would take the same amount of time as trying to fix climate change (at least on a big enough scale).
laurent92 5y ago
Talking about megafires, Chernobyl’s surroundings are sitting under dry leaves, because bacteria and insects have defects and don’t decompose them properly.
- knob 5y ago
  You have a source on this?
  - lkuty 5y ago
    Google. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forests-around-chernobyl-arent-decaying-properly-180950075/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forests-around...
zardo 5y ago
Sure but give it a few thousand years

by dv_dt 5y ago

I think that’s a simplistic view of it. As far as I’ve followed along, Russia has been having droughts and mega fires which tend to be incompatible with high crop yields.

sgillen 5y ago

Well I believe the droughts and wildfires are not really occurring in Siberia, which is the area I think some are speculating will become a breadbasket. Edit: I was wrong.

3327 5y ago
There are unprecedented wild fires in siberia. What are you talking about!
- wiredearp 5y ago
  Perhaps they argue for this case over in https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/16/magazine/russia-climate-migration-crisis.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/16/magazine/russ.... I haven't read the article, I just keep the bookmark around.
headstorm 5y ago
Living around Seattle, I disagree, lately there have been articles just about every year about wildfires or drought in Siberia, and many about those fires causing smoky skies in Seattle. This summer: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/07/05/siberia-forest-fires-fueled-by-historic-drought-heatwave-a74427 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/07/05/siberia-forest-fir... 2019: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/unprecedented-number-of-fires-in-siberia-to-blame-for-washingtons-hazy-skies/281-ff8fbdf1-8188-4a30-be7a-220f0de1eb6a https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/unprecedented-numbe... 2018: https://crosscut.com/2018/07/first-smoky-skies-season-arrive-seattle-siberia https://crosscut.com/2018/07/first-smoky-skies-season-arrive...
ancientworldnow 5y ago
Siberia has awful soil that doesn't have nearly the nutrients necessary to support large scale agriculture even if the temperature shifts. You could fix that, but it would take the same amount of time as trying to fix climate change (at least on a big enough scale).

laurent92 5y ago

Talking about megafires, Chernobyl’s surroundings are sitting under dry leaves, because bacteria and insects have defects and don’t decompose them properly.

knob 5y ago
You have a source on this?
- lkuty 5y ago
  Google. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forests-around-chernobyl-arent-decaying-properly-180950075/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forests-around...

zardo 5y ago

Sure but give it a few thousand years