Writer - Keith Bradsher
Resource = NY Times
Site=
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/business/worldbusiness/17warm.html?ref=todayspaper
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My Summary/ Opinion:
Rice is very important part of life, especially in many parts of South East Asia. Here rice is what bread is to the west. It is a “life food.” For the past six years, the severe drought in Australia has affected many people. The Deniliquin mill, which used to process enough grain to meet the needs of 20 million people around the world, dropped all production by 98 percent. It is a significant drop that has left the whole world in utter chaos. Violent protests are occurring here and there in countries such as Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, the Philippines, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Yemen.
Many specialists blame this climate change to global warming. Perhaps it is nature’s warning to take care of her better. Whatever it may be, rice production is very low. Also a plant disease in Vietnam is also affecting how much rice is being shared. More than 90 percent of rice produced is consumed by the country that has it. So this would mean that countries that don’t produce it are in trouble.
People have to do something about it. We should put more limitations on greenhouse gas emissions, or else this is going to make things worse. Climate changes will also produce more intense bad weather, more pest and weed outbreaks, and changes in sea level as polar ice melts. Rivers like the Mekong in Vietnam, Chao Phraya in Thailand and Ganges-Brahmaputra in Bangladesh have changed sea level in the past few years and influenced on the countries’ rice production.
I’m sure that people would develop or find something to replace rice somehow; however, I doubt that it is going to be any time soon. We have to learn to use our resources carefully, or it will have tremendous consequences on our country, economy, and future children.
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Sorry that its late Professor.
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