Do we need to be preparing for Arctic cruising strategies because of Global Cooling

[salticrak]

I wonder why Russia has just launched a new icebreaker?

[Lake-Effect]

Originally Posted by Exile

Maybe you could segway yourself more productively by re-posting those numbers showing the costs vs. benefits of remedial actions as published by Paris and/or the IPCC.

Speaking of misrepresenting...

But here's some Segway.

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by salticrak

I wonder why Russia has just launched a new icebreaker?

I wonder why you do not bother to find out for yourself.

US to Expand Icebreaker Fleet in Arctic in Attempt to Catch Up With Russia

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by Exile

Wrong again. Technology is the answer, and will help us adapt to a future climate that's always changing.

That does not seem to be to the case in plant science.

Crop yields will fall within the next decade due to climate change unless immediate action is taken to speed up the introduction of new and improved varieties, experts have warned.
The research, led by the University of Leeds and published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, focusses on maize in Africa but the underlying processes affect crops across the tropics.
Study lead author Professor Andy Challinor, from the Priestley International Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds, said: "In Africa, gradually rising temperatures and more droughts and heatwaves caused by climate change will have an impact on maize.
"We looked in particular at the effect of temperature on crop durations, which is the length of time between planting and harvesting. Higher temperatures mean shorter durations and hence less time to accumulate biomass and yield."
It takes anywhere between 10 and 30 years to breed a new crop variety and have it adopted by farmers. The rate at which temperatures are increasing across the tropics means that by the time the crop is in the field it is being grown in warmer temperatures that it was developed in.


Read more at: Crop breeding is not keeping pace with climate change

[Lake-Effect]

Originally Posted by jackdale

That does not seem to be to the case in plant science.

But, we don't have to worry! Exile sez we'll adapt!

[fryewe]

Originally Posted by jackdale

That does not seem to be to the case in plant science.

jack, you seem to have a tendency - perhaps deliberate, perhaps not - to root around for the studies and reports that bolster your view of the world, while ignoring the myriad info sources that are contradictory...

A couple you may have missed...

New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands

Environmental Factor - June 2013: New plant research discoveries could benefit global agriculture

[salticrak]

Originally Posted by jackdale

I wonder why you do not bother to find out for yourself.

US to Expand Icebreaker Fleet in Arctic in Attempt to Catch Up With Russia

Oh, grow up for goodness sake.

[Reefmagnet]

Originally Posted by jackdale

That does not seem to be to the case in plant science.

More alarmist BS.

The scorecard, as a marathon maize project winds up after eight years - Press Release - IITA

14 September 2015
The Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) Project has contributed to a stronger food system in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, through more than 200 improved maize varieties to help farmers cope with climate change and low-fertility soils through collaboration.

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by Reefmagnet

More alarmist BS.

The scorecard, as a marathon maize project winds up after eight years - Press Release - IITA

What I get from your link:

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[Reefmagnet]

Originally Posted by jackdale

What I get from your link:

Norton thinks because the site is from Africa, it's "dangerous".

That's rascist.

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by fryewe

jack, you seem to have a tendency - perhaps deliberate, perhaps not - to root around for the studies and reports that bolster your view of the world, while ignoring the myriad info sources that are contradictory...

A couple you may have missed...

New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands

Environmental Factor - June 2013: New plant research discoveries could benefit global agriculture

Two links to the same three year old article.

[Reefmagnet]

Originally Posted by jackdale

What I get from your link:

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[jackdale]

Originally Posted by Reefmagnet

More alarmist BS.

The scorecard, as a marathon maize project winds up after eight years - Press Release - IITA

Found some information. Thanks

BTW - of the Sahel is greening why do they need drought tolerant maize?

[StuM]

Originally Posted by jackdale

That does not seem to be to the case in plant science.

Please stop, you're cracking me up again

""We looked in particular at the effect of temperature on crop durations, which is the length of time between planting and harvesting. Higher temperatures mean shorter durations and hence less time to accumulate biomass and yield."
...
The researchers found that crop duration will become significantly shorter by as early as 2018"

I'm willing to bet that 2018 will be significantly colder than 2015 and 2016 and hence the crop duration by their reasoning will be longer.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by jackdale

Found some information. Thanks

BTW - of the Sahel is greening why do they need drought tolerant maize?

Because when the cycle returns to a climate phase like the '60s and '70s cooling period, they will again see drought similar to that disastrous period.
And an even worse possibility: if conditions were to return to your beloved "pre-industrial climate", we need to look at the even worse, long duration droughts which the region experienced during the LIA.