Billy_Bob
Diamond Member
I wouldn't panic just yet but the implications are very serious. Some of the US Bread Basket has lost almost two months of growing days in the last two years and if we extrapolate this out to the entire US it has some frightening results.
I took the US-CRN data base and applied the model to it... and here is the general outcome; (please note this is a very basic extrapolation and altitude makes a huge difference)
Above are the number of days reduction that have happened in just two years. When you consider we need the days to get two plantings and harvests, this cuts our output in half for many grains and food plant products...
We have dropped just 0.6 deg C, IF we lose another 1-2 deg C these numbers will increase rapidly. When we can not get even one season long enough for plants and food to mature, millions of people starve... Its not just the US that is being affected it is BOTH HEMISPHERES...
Source: ice age farmer :: grand solar minimum growing degree days analysis
H/T Sunsettommy
I took the US-CRN data base and applied the model to it... and here is the general outcome; (please note this is a very basic extrapolation and altitude makes a huge difference)
Above are the number of days reduction that have happened in just two years. When you consider we need the days to get two plantings and harvests, this cuts our output in half for many grains and food plant products...
We have dropped just 0.6 deg C, IF we lose another 1-2 deg C these numbers will increase rapidly. When we can not get even one season long enough for plants and food to mature, millions of people starve... Its not just the US that is being affected it is BOTH HEMISPHERES...
Source: ice age farmer :: grand solar minimum growing degree days analysis
H/T Sunsettommy
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