{"id":267702,"date":"2023-07-16T14:45:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T12:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=267702"},"modified":"2023-07-16T14:45:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T12:45:19","slug":"claim-climate-change-threatens-synchronised-harvest-failures-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=267702","title":{"rendered":"Claim: Climate Change Threatens \u201cSynchronised Harvest Failures\u201d Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"452\" data-attachment-id=\"267709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=267709\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?fit=1920%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-469\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?fit=723%2C452&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?resize=723%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?resize=1536%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?resize=1200%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"267710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=267710\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0HarvestingWheat_Lead.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0HarvestingWheat_Lead\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0HarvestingWheat_Lead.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0HarvestingWheat_Lead.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0HarvestingWheat_Lead.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0HarvestingWheat_Lead.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0HarvestingWheat_Lead.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0HarvestingWheat_Lead.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Climate models apparently predicted current observed yield increases, but global food communism could save us from the coming downturn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Climate change threatens to cause \u2018synchronised harvest failures\u2019 across the globe, with implications for Australia\u2019s food\u00a0security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published: July 12, 2023 6.04am AEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/douglas-bardsley-181849\">Douglas Bardsley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Associate professor, University of Adelaide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.1222463110\">Climate change models<\/a><em>\u00a0for North America and Europe had previously suggested global warming would increase crop yields in the short term. Those regional increases were expected to buffer losses elsewhere in global food supply.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>But new evidence suggests climate-related changes to fast flowing winds in the upper atmosphere (the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/jetstream\/global\/jet-stream\">jet stream<\/a><em>) could trigger simultaneous extreme weather events in multiple locations, with serious implications for global food security.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alarm bells should be ringing everywhere. We seem to have underestimated the chance of climate breakdown causing simultaneous harvest failure in the world&#39;s major breadbaskets. It&#39;s an issue I discuss in Regenesis, but it appears much worse than we thought <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hOwARCkhPg\">https:\/\/t.co\/hOwARCkhPg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeMonbiot\/status\/1676505239740985344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Australia needs to reconsider its short-term focus on the advantages of selling goods internationally. Conceptualising food more as a human right than a commodity might initiate such a shift.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/climate-change-threatens-to-cause-synchronised-harvest-failures-across-the-globe-with-implications-for-australias-food-security-209250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/climate-change-threatens-to-cause-synchronised-harvest-failures-across-the-globe-with-implications-for-australias-food-security-209250<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last thing the world needs is more socialism and well meaning aid, especially an expansion of harmful do-gooder food relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following is from Kenyan economics expert\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Shikwati\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James Shikwati<\/a>;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cFor God\u2019s Sake, Please Stop the Aid!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kenyan economics expert James Shikwati, 35, says that aid to Africa does more harm than good. The avid proponent of globalization spoke with SPIEGEL about the disastrous effects of Western development policy in Africa, corrupt rulers, and the tendency to overstate the AIDS problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">04.07.2005, 00.00 Uhr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SPIEGEL:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Shikwati, the G8 summit at Gleneagles is about to beef up the development aid for Africa\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shikwati:<\/strong><em>\u00a0\u2026 for God\u2019s sake, please just stop.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SPIEGEL:<\/strong><em>\u00a0Stop? The industrialized nations of the West want to eliminate hunger and poverty.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shikwati:<\/strong><em>\u00a0Such intentions have been damaging our continent for the past 40 years. If the industrial nations really want to help the Africans, they should finally terminate this awful aid. The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SPIEGEL:<\/strong><em>\u00a0Do you have an explanation for this paradox?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shikwati:<\/strong><em>\u00a0Huge bureaucracies are financed (with the aid money), corruption and complacency are promoted, Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent. In addition, development aid weakens the local markets everywhere and dampens the spirit of entrepreneurship that we so desperately need. As absurd as it may sound: Development aid is one of the reasons for Africa\u2019s problems. If the West were to cancel these payments, normal Africans wouldn\u2019t even notice. Only the functionaries would be hard hit. Which is why they maintain that the world would stop turning without this development aid.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/spiegel\/spiegel-interview-with-african-economics-expert-for-god-s-sake-please-stop-the-aid-a-363663.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/spiegel\/spiegel-interview-with-african-economics-expert-for-god-s-sake-please-stop-the-aid-a-363663.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P. J. O\u2019Rourke expressed similar sentiments in his book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eat_the_Rich_(book)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eat the Rich<\/a>\u201c, in which he described accompanying a US relief effort to Somalia, passing endless fields full of healthy crops on the way to their \u201crural relief\u201d objective. Why were the farms full of food, yet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mogadishu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mogadishu<\/a>\u00a0had none? This might have had something to do with the extreme lawlessness in Mogadishu, which at the time was full of gangsters, open street gang wars and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Khat<\/a>\u00a0addicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also no evidence warmer weather increases the likelihood of simultaneous crop disasters in the paleo record, quite the opposite. During the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paleocene%E2%80%93Eocene_Thermal_Maximum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum<\/a>, far hotter than today, conditions were so benign\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.0511296103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our monkey ancestors spread all the way up to Greenland<\/a>. The warmth turned most of the world into a tropical paradise, including places which are currently covered by mile thick ice sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is also no evidence warmer weather increases the likelihood of simultaneous crop disasters in the paleo record, quite the opposite. During the\u00a0Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, far hotter than today, conditions were so benign\u00a0our monkey ancestors spread all the way up to Greenland. The warmth turned most of the world into a tropical paradise, including places which are currently covered by mile thick ice sheets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":267709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691820405,691818056,691818153,691821108],"class_list":["post-267702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-australian-broadcasting-commission","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-models","tag-harvest","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-469.png?fit=1920%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-17DM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":260868,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260868","url_meta":{"origin":267702,"position":0},"title":"Biased New \u2018Study\u2019 Claims Florida Strawberry Scare \u2013 As Harvests Set Records","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/06\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"At the top of today\u2019s \u201cclimate change\u201d search results promoted by Google News is\u00a0an article by Axios\u00a0claiming \u201cFlorida\u2019s strawberry industry threatened by climate change.\u201d The article uncritically parrots talking points from\u00a0a paper published by the activist group Environment Defense Fund (EDF), which raises\u00a0hundreds of millions of dollars each year\u00a0promoting false\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate change\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate change","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0IMG_20140329_092858.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0IMG_20140329_092858.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0IMG_20140329_092858.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0IMG_20140329_092858.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0IMG_20140329_092858.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":449505,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=449505","url_meta":{"origin":267702,"position":1},"title":"India\u2019s Record Crops Reject Food, Warming Alarmism","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/09\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"One among the many pretenses of doomsayers is that shifting climate patterns threaten global food security. 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