http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/120502-southeast-asia-climate-change/
Due to climate change all around the world our Rice Bowl will suffer. In Asia we are predicting that there will become more and more flooding in the area. This will be very devastating to the farmers there because it will ruin their crops. Thus causing the people no job, and no job means no money to feed their families and themselves. The Agricultural leaders in Asia say there is no way to really fix the problem. We can only cut down the emission of greenhouse gases from the crops. One of the things the rice farmers can try is alternating wetting and drying their crops. They have a couple other ideas that should cut the emissions anywhere from 25-50% without decreasing yields.
I personally believe that people over in Asia should try and start being more green like we are in the U.S. I know it will be harder for them to do so but in the long run it will not only help their people and the crops but it will help the world as a whole by not having as much greenhouse gases floating in the air. Plus not to mention the fact of how important rice is to all of the people across Asia, and how it is one of their main food sources. But will they be able to make these small changes? I hope so.
I think in general we are a much bigger problem to global warming than much of the developing and 3rd world. Remember your own footprint?
ReplyDeletei agree, asia should become more green. Even if they were to be more green it really wouldn't help. The water level is rising higher, and sooner or later the water well overcome asia.
ReplyDeleteI believe that they will try to be green, but will fail. There is so much people over in Asia that they can't all be green.
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