Although monster storms are getting all the press coverage these days, the real problem so few are talking about is the effect of global climate change on the production of food crops.This article from the website Climatecentral.org discusses the impact global warming is having on the production of maize and rice in the Mekong Delta. Dr. Jeremy Carew-Reid, the study's lead author, has said that some of its findings are “very shocking.”
“We’ve found that this region is going to experience climate extremes in temperature and rainfall beyond anything that we expected”, says Dr. Carew-Reid.
From the article: "Hotter and wetter rainy seasons and more long-lasting dry seasons in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam will jeopardize the region’s reputation as one of the world’s major producers of crops on which hundreds of millions depend. Climate change will also have a profound economic impact in the region."
Admiral Samuel Locklear, who heads the U.S. Pacific Command, has said that social upheaval related to the warming planet "is probably the most likely thing that is going to happen… that will cripple the security environment, probably more likely than the other scenarios we all often talk about. If it goes bad, you could have hundreds of thousands or millions of people displaced and then security will start to crumble pretty quickly."
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