AP - Floods, fires, melting ice and feverish heat: From smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Pakistan and the High Arctic, the planet seems to be having a midsummer breakdown. It?s not just a portent of things to come, scientists say, but a sign of troubling climate change already under way. ... Full Story »
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The fires in Moscow may give us a small fore-taste of something that we may see quite soon. The fires have reduced Moscow's wheat harvest by a third. Once she has take her own needs into account, her exports could be close to zero this year. Watch what happens to wheat and other food costs this winter. Imagine if we do get the oft predicted sudden climate change which not only disrupts the wheat crop but also the rice, barley and maize crops. The classic Asian famines will pale ... More »
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