Cloud seeting is an environmentally benign way to encourage moisture dense clouds to release precipitation. In maharash where 80 % of farms rely on rain for irrigation, it could be a life saver. Over a six month period in two thousand 15, as a year's long drought stretched on, cutting agricultural production by nearly a third, 13 hundred debt burdened lca farmers committed suicide. Here in the us, shifting climate patterns are disrupting harvests from california to florida and degrading the quality of food we eat. More than 30 million people in over three dozend countries, are one step away from starvation.
Today we’re bringing you a timely — and tasty — episode from our archives. Science journalist Amanda Little tells Rufus that the biggest threat posed by climate change is the collapse of our food systems. Provisions we love, like coffee and wine, are losing their flavor. And crops we rely on, like corn and soy, are getting harder to grow. If we don’t change our agricultural practices, we won’t be able to feed the globe’s swelling population. But don’t lose hope. Amanda says that if we can combine the wisdom of traditional farming practices with radical advances in agricultural technology, we might be able to create a healthier, more sustainable, and perhaps even more delicious future.