Global patterns of civil conflict are directly associated with planetary-scale climate change. Specifically in tropical countries, the risk of civil war have just been shown to double in warmer El Ni\u00c3\u00b1o years (to about 6% risk per country per year) compared to cooler El Ni\u00c3\u00b1a years (when the risk is about 3%).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A Not so Splendid Table<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
I love NPR, though I’m not a regular Splendid Table listener. This morning’s show featured a guest who claimed that all GMO’s are bad with no potential benefit to feed the developing world. That’s simply not true….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A book you probably already know about: Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nWith the world’s population projected to grow some 50 percent by midcentury, rigorous agricultural planning becomes indispensable to forestall the onset of ecological and human disaster. Ronald and Adamchak, a wife-husband team from the University of California at Davis, combine the training and insights of a geneticist and the know-how of a committed organic farmer. They examine the often-passionate debate about genetically engineered food and how it may affect the food supply of the future, meticulously dissecting arguments for and against such application of science.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
And I’m only half joking: Three degrees warming doubles risk of civil war Global patterns of civil conflict are directly associated with planetary-scale climate change. Specifically in tropical countries, the risk of civil war have just been shown to double in warmer El Ni\u00c3\u00b1o years (to about 6% risk per country per year) compared to … Continue reading A few connected items related to the coming apocalypse<\/span>
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