It’s always some type of doom based on fanciful thinking, computer models, and looking in crystal balls
Climate change will ravage humanity’s main crop resources – except for one
Planting more breadfruit trees may be the solution to combating climate change, a new study claims.
Scientists expect climate change will have an adverse effect on many crops around the globe. But researchers from Northwestern University say global warming trends will have little effect on one particular production: breadfruit.
Breadfruit is a starchy tree fruit native to the Pacific islands. Although it’s a fruit, people often use breadfruit as a substitute for potatoes because it’s so starchy and lacks seeds.
The research, which found that unlike rice and corn, breadfruit can withstand extreme climates, was published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Climate.
They wanted to see what would happen to breadfruit and crops, because everything is going to become hotter, wetter, cooler, drier
First, they mapped out what climate conditions these trees need in order to properly grow breadfruit. The team then looked at climate change models, predicting what the weather will look like in these areas in 2061-2080.
Same people cannot tell us what the weather will be consistently over the next 10 days.
The predictions examined two scenarios: one where rising greenhouse gas emissions continue to plague the world and one where emissions stabilize in the future. In both scenarios, regions that are suitable for growing breadfruit trees remained the same. In the tropics and subtropics, the amount of suitable land for growing breadfruit only decreased by 4.4. to 4.5 percent.
And, if you look at the research paper, it is heavy on the use of computer models, and, unshockingly, the results go from doom to DOOM.
