Soil Pollution
By
Norvin Anthony
Mentor:
Oshien Sequeira
Food is profoundly affected by climate change.
Climate change hits our food production in four ways.
1.Temperature
2.Water
3.Carbon Dioxide
4.Extreme Weather
Due to the increase in temperature crops like maize, soybean, cotton are projected to increase at first then decrease sharply as the average temperature decreases
Due to an increase in temperature, there are fewer animal pregnancies, less milk production.
-More diseases are spread by insects. It has already happened in northern Europe as the region is warm Bluetongue Virus has killed more of the animals
- Climate change also affects water. The dry climate means less production. Water has a complicated relationship with crops. It's all about the right amount at the right time. This may put 75 percent of crop production at risk.
- When there is extreme weather it leads to soil erosion.
- Floods, drought, heat waves affect lifestyle at a key moment in development.
- The year 2011 was the most disastrous year with 16 major disasters and $69 billion in losses.
- Carbon dioxide also affects crop production.