• Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
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    Are you guys ready to witness the fall of agriculture? This isnt a hypothetical. We passed the marker that allowed us to halt that eventuality, and not only did we fail to limit future warming, we are doing it faster. If you are under 40, in your lifetime, you will see the modern agricultural sector implode.

    There is not a single thing that has been as devastating to the human race as that event will be. Billions, with a B, will die

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        The 1.5 C marker. Its a VERY complex topic about why that marker is sort of the canary in the mine for agricultural failure, but it boils down to a few very important things that cant sustain past that rough marker; The mid Atlantic current that allows europe to be habitable north of spain, the plains of mid America will transition to arid rather than temperate, and sub saharan Africa will shift to being much, MUCH further south than it is now.

        All these put together devastate our ability to grow crops. Unfortunately, I am mostly only familiar with affects on Western society. I am not hopeful that our eastern friends will have any more luck.

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            Here’s one to get you going

            And here’s what I search to get more: predictions about the effects of 1.5 c warming on agriculture

            Like i said above, it is very complex interactions. You will not get everything you need from that single published article

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          Ok, my impression was that the 1.5 C target was somewhat arbitrary and meant to be an achievable goal to work together to slow global warming.

          Edit: I will need to do some more reading