January 14, 2011 - Uncertain Future Due to Climate Change

Several climate change updates for the day:

Flood waters in Australia are beginning to finally recede, revealing the horrific extent of the damage. Global warming and climate change experts are piping that this is a glimpse of the kind of cataclysmic weather we will see in the future as temperatures continue to rise. See http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/13/australias-floods-a-glimpse-of-warmer-future/

What caught my eye in this article is "Reinsurer Munich Re counted nearly 1,000 natural disasters in 2010 — nine-tenths of them weather-related — the second highest number since 1980." Another stat that shows natural disasters are occurring more frequently.

More rain is inundating Brazil today. This comes on top of rains that have killed around 500 at current count. In the following article, notice this blurb, "The known death toll rose by one overnight in three cities north of Rio in one of Brazil's deadliest natural disasters on record.” Again, a tell tale sign of INCREASED natural disaster due to climate change is continued record-breaking events. See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41070295/ns/weather/

The last thing I want to address is an article emphasizing a report released earlier this month by the FAO (the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization) revealing how world food supplies are being adversely affected by unusually severe weather patterns which is driving up food prices. See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41062817/ns/business-consumer_news

Notice particularly the following two quotes: “Earlier this month, the FAO said its food price index jumped 32 percent in the second half of 2010, soaring past the previous record set in 2008.” Also, “Price for grains and other farm products began rising last fall after poor harvests in Canada, Russia and Ukraine tightened global supplies. More recently, hot, dry weather in South America has cut production in Argentina, a major soybean exporter. This month's flooding in Australia wiped out much of that countries wheat crop.”

It's easy to see how we are rapidly moving into dangerous territory where the Earth's food supply is concerned due to the adverse affects on it by global warming and the subsequent climate change. There's never been a better time to get your spiritual house in order! =)