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What does it mean / what will happen as a result? The twitter thread says more precipitation -- anything more specific than that? Big storms? No storms?

• yogthos 3y ago
  It's going to translate to an increased rate of extreme weather events. Droughts in particular are of a concern as they're already resulting in massive crop losses. Here are a couple of recent examples in North America * https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2022-12-13/arkansas-farmers-lose-billions-as-weather-and-war-impact-yield-costs https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2022-12-... * https://globalnews.ca/news/9761043/dry-spring-southern-albertan-farmers-zero-production/ https://globalnews.ca/news/9761043/dry-spring-southern-alber... This kind of thing can easily lead to famines if a significant portion of the crops ends up being lost during the year.
  • mydriasis 3y ago
    Even in Ohio we're having trouble this year. It didn't rain for four weeks, and our garden shows it.
    • yogthos 3y ago
      People really don't appreciate how easily food production collapse can happen. All it takes is a few weeks of extreme weather.
      • itsreallyhot 3y ago
        Yep, and we have no reserves, it's almost entirely just-in-time. To quote George Monbiot: most of the worlds food reserves are at sea.