Hotter, drier, meaner: Trends point to a planet increasingly hostile to agriculture

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http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2011/12/climate-drought

Hotter, drier, meaner: Trends point to a planet increasingly hostile to agriculture

Dec. 5, 2011

A host of data – from sediment cores to ongoing drought in East Africa to computer models – point to one conclusion:
Our increasingly hotter, drier planet is going to be a tough place to farm.

By Douglas Fischer

Daily Climate editor

SAN FRANCISCO – To get a glimpse of the future, look to East Africa today.

The Horn of Africa is in the midst of its worst drought in 60 years: Crop failures have left up to 10 million at risk of famine; social order has broken down in Somalia, with thousands of refugees streaming into Kenya; British Aid alone is feeding 2.4 million people across the region.

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1. we had severe drought in parts of illinois this year

northern illinois had record rainfall while one mile south of I-80 in illinois the corn field yield nothing