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Christopher McKinnis

Professor Malcolm Campbell

UWRT 1103

5 October 2015

How Global Warming is Changing Whats On the Dinner Table

Introduction/Overview

For me !lobal "armin! has al"a#s been a !o$to topic for "ritin! important essa#s an%

papers& 'o"e(er altho)!h * +no" ,)ite a %eal abo)t ho" !lobal "armin! an% ho" it affects

animals an% h)mans * "ante% for this topic to ta+e a sli!htl# %ifferent approach an% tar!et a

specific aspect of o)r li(es that "e can all relate to- foo%& With that sai% * "ill be %oin! m#

./ten%e% *n,)ir# Proect on the impact of !lobal "armin! on o)r en(ironment an% ho" it affects

o)r foo%&

There is no %o)bt ho" !lobal "armin! an% climate chan!e ha(e coinci%e% "ith each

other to affect o)r "orl% in ne!ati(e "a#s& The oone hole has !ra%)all# !otten bi!!er !lacial

ice is meltin! at a ,)ic+er pace than e(er before sea "ater hei!hts ha(e increase% an% o)r !lobal

temperat)res ha(e reache% all$time hi!hs& ltho)!h these points ma# seem cr)ciall# important

to o)r e/istence as a species man# for!et those effects of !lobal "armin! that hit a little closer to

home specificall# foo%& n article p)blishe% in 201 b# The 4)ar%ian %isc)sses a report b# the

Unite% ation an% ho" researchers ha(e been e/aminin! a possible famine f)ele% b# !lobal

"armin!& The fin%in! that the potential of climate chan!e threatenin! !lobal foo% sec)rit#

ca)!ht the attention of !o(ernment officials from 115 co)ntries after e/aminin! the report&

ccor%in! to the report 6chan!es in temperat)re an% rainfall patterns co)l% lea% to foo% price

rises of bet"een 37 an% 87 b# 20509: this is %)e to a slo"in! of the rate of increase in crop

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#iel%s especiall# "heat& Other so)rces of foo% are in potential %an!er: fish catches in some

tropical areas 6are proecte% to fall b# bet"een 07 an% ;079&

*n or%er to be!in "ith m# preliminar# research * e/amine% n)mero)s online so)rces that

"ere a(ailable for me to access& * fo)n% a scholarl# article that %isc)sse% ho" soil contents

affecte% b# climate chan!e an% !lobal "armin! ha(e altere% crop #iel%s "hich "as (er#

comprehensi(e an% %etaile% "ith lots of %ia!rams an% !raphics& 4oin! for"ar% * am !oin! to

nee% to contin)e "ith loo+in! online for !oo% scholarl# articles as "ell as cre%ible articles an%

reports p)blishe% b# reliable or!aniations an% people& *n a%%ition * "o)l% li+e to fin% some

print so)rces in the librar# to a%% some (ariet# to m# research: ho"e(er "ith !lobal "armin!

an% climate chan!e bein! somethin! that

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#y Interest in this To$ic

.(er since * "as in mi%%le school * ha(e al"a#s been mesmerie% b# the ma!ic of

"eather "antin! to +no" more an% more abo)t torna%oes an% th)n%erstorms& 'o"e(er m# first

taste of "hat the "eather "as all abo)t "asn

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Climate Chan!e ma# also ha(e some information on m# topic as "ell "hich * "ill loo+ into

e(en more as * pro!ress "ith m# research& Finall# an# scientific research papers "ill be most

cr)cial to m# research for the# are specific an% precise an% "ill pro(i%e a lot of insi!ht into not

onl# the effects of climate chan!e on foo% b)t ho" it also affects o)r c)lt)re an% !lobal affairs&