Topic: Another Ice Age?

[Clive]

An interesting article from Time magazine. 

LINK

[Simon]

[GillE]

Here we go again.  Lots of data which can be manipulated to prove whatever you set out to prove.

[Rik]

I think the world is flat.

[Simon]

And sits on the back of four giant turtles? 

[Rik]

As it happens... 

[Clive]

As good a suggestion as any Rik.   

[mistybear]

Even if temperature and rainfall patterns change only slightly in the near future in one or more of the three major grain-exporting countries — the U.S., Canada and Australia — global food stores would be sharply reduced.

That's already happening here. Farmers were looking forward to one of the best wheat crop in over a decade due to the drought, but they have been ruined by floods.

Michael believes we are headed for another ice age. Can't happen to soon for me.  Bring it on.

[Rik]

Wheat prices will now go through the roof...

[mistybear]

But in the long run, these floods will be beneficial for future crops.
What I'm hoping is that this will save our dying Murray, Darling river system. The Murray Darling Basin, is known as the food bowl of Australia. Farmers and irrigators want to keep taking unsustainable amounts of water from the system, even though the river system is dying because of it.

[Rik]

Short-termism as usual, Kate.