No More Pasta!? Climate Change Endangers Wheat
December 16, 2012
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as posted by the channel"A world without pasta seems inconceivable. Mac-and-cheese-loving children across the United States would howl in protest. Italy might suffer a cultural heart attack. Social unrest could explode in northern China, where noodles are the main staple.
But if humans want to keep eating pasta, we will have to take much more aggressive action against global warming. Pasta is made from wheat, and a large, growing body of scientific studies and real-world observations suggest that wheat will be hit especially hard as temperatures rise and storms and drought intensify in the years ahead."*
Durum wheat, the high-protein wheat used to make pasta, may go extinct due to global warming. What will it take for people to realize that climate change is real and is a danger to us? Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola break it down.
*Read more from Mark Hertsgaard/ The Daily Beast and Newsweek:
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