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  • http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=civilization-food-shortages

    "Talk slowly, think quickly" by JesseBarker extracts from the page... In six of the past nine years world grain production has fallen short of consumption, forcing a steady drawdown in stocks. When the 2008 harvest began, world carryover stocks of grain (the amount... more

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  • Rated by Siilk on Apr 27 2009, 12:34am

    This could be the beginning of the end, if we wouldn't change our attitude.

  • Reviewed by rerorganics on Apr 26 2009, 6:26pm

    What are YOU going to EAT tomorrow ???? Tomorrow is comming faster then we all think !!!

  • Reviewed by Feragola on Apr 26 2009, 4:37pm

    Like every other good outlet that consciously decided to report and publish with a definite Left Slant, any article that is published within this periodical loses some of it's impact. It's a shame, I subscribed to the magazine for years. Some of the articles are just very poor now, all in the name of pushing an agenda that should have nothing to do with the publication in any way.

  • Rated by JanineFlynn on Apr 26 2009, 8:24am

    "Talk slowly, think quickly" by JesseBarker extracts from the page... In six of the past nine years world grain production has fallen short of consumption, forcing a steady drawdown in stocks. When the 2008 harvest began, world carryover stocks of grain (the amount in the bin when the new harvest begins) were at 62 days of consumption, a near record low. In response, world grain prices in the spring and summer of last year climbed to the highest level ever. the spread of water shortages poses the most immediate threat. The biggest challenge here is irrigation, which consumes 70 percent of the world's freshwater. Millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can recharge them. The result is falling water tables in countries populated by half the world's people, including the three big grain producers--China, India and the U.S. "start young" by akshath The scope of the second worrisome trend--the loss of topsoil--is also startling. Topsoil is eroding faster than new soil forms on perhaps a third of the world's cropland. This thin layer of essential plant nutrients, the very foundation of civilization, took long stretches of geologic time to build up, yet it is typically only about six inches deep. Its loss from wind and water erosion doomed earlier civilizations. A study published by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences has confirmed a rule of thumb among crop ecologists: for every rise of one degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above the norm, wheat, rice and corn yields fall by 10 percent. More... ** pics link to source

  • Rated by bs1999bs on Apr 26 2009, 2:24am

    This is sobering as we all try to digest the economic meltdown. We are sure going to have to address the basic necessities of life and in the process we have to think of those even worse off than ourselves. This is life changing stuff for the whole World

  • Rated by aluis on Apr 24 2009, 6:18pm

    "Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization? The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse."

  • Rated by Ausearth on Apr 24 2009, 3:10am

    Key Concepts * Food scarcity and the resulting higher food prices are pushing poor countries into chaos. * Such "failed states" can export disease, terrorism, illicit drugs, weapons and refugees. * Water shortages, soil losses and rising temperatures from global warming are placing severe limits on food production. * Without massive and rapid intervention to address these three environmental factors, the author argues, a series of government collapses could threaten the world order.