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Divine World: Random News From Around The Globe
By: Clay Death Date: January 2, 2018, 2:23 pm
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You may love chocolate, but you should probably start preparing
yourself to say goodbye to it: Scientists at the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have predicted that cacao
plants are likely to go extinct as early as 2050 due to climate
change. But there’s one glimmer hope on the horizon: Mars—the
candy company which makes such chocolate treats as the Snickers
and the Twix bar—has teamed up with the University of California
on a new method that may help save future cacao crops.
Most of the world’s chocolate comes from West Africa—the plants
thrive in the region’s rainforests—but over the next 40 years,
the Earth’s rising temperatures will push cacao farms up into
the mountains, to areas either unsuitable for cultivation or
already reserved as wildlife preserves.
A new effort the University of California Berkeley, however, is
using CRISPR technology to modify the DNA of the cacao plants,
according to the Independent. Hopefully, the genetically
modified plants will be able to survive rising temperatures and
farms won’t have to be relocated to higher elevations.
NOAA’s report states that climate change will affect not the
current generation of cacao plants, but the next one, meaning
that, “there is time for adaptation.” But the outlook still
seems dire: NOAA warns that 89.5% of land currently used to
cultivate cacao will no longer be suitable by 2050. The agency
recommends focusing on farming specific breeds of cacao seeds
that are resistant to drought and supporting more efforts to
grow cacao seeds using a traditional Brazilian method called
cabruca, in which additional trees are planted in the rainforest
to provide cacao trees with shade—a critical element the seeds
need to survive.
Climate change will clearly have far-reaching consequences for
the way people eat, and thankfully scientists are already
figuring out ways to adapt to the forthcoming crisis. In the
meantime, next time you take a bite of chocolate, you should
take the time to savor it.
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Re: Divine World: Random News From Around The Globe
By: Clay Death Date: January 2, 2018, 2:55 pm
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Re: Divine World: Random News From Around The Globe
By: Clay Death Date: January 2, 2018, 5:48 pm
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Re: Divine World: Random News From Around The Globe
By: Clay Death Date: January 5, 2018, 9:27 pm
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Re: Divine World: Random News From Around The Globe
By: Clay Death Date: January 8, 2018, 7:36 pm
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Re: Divine World: Random News From Around The Globe
By: Clay Death Date: January 18, 2018, 2:47 pm
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Re: Divine World: Random News From Around The Globe
By: Divine Metamorphoses Date: January 20, 2018, 10:33 pm
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[quote author=Clay Death link=topic=3238.msg70094#msg70094
date=1514924624]
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You may love chocolate, but you should probably start preparing
yourself to say goodbye to it: Scientists at the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have predicted that cacao
plants are likely to go extinct as early as 2050 due to climate
change. But there’s one glimmer hope on the horizon: Mars—the
candy company which makes such chocolate treats as the Snickers
and the Twix bar—has teamed up with the University of California
on a new method that may help save future cacao crops.
Most of the world’s chocolate comes from West Africa—the plants
thrive in the region’s rainforests—but over the next 40 years,
the Earth’s rising temperatures will push cacao farms up into
the mountains, to areas either unsuitable for cultivation or
already reserved as wildlife preserves.
A new effort the University of California Berkeley, however, is
using CRISPR technology to modify the DNA of the cacao plants,
according to the Independent. Hopefully, the genetically
modified plants will be able to survive rising temperatures and
farms won’t have to be relocated to higher elevations.
NOAA’s report states that climate change will affect not the
current generation of cacao plants, but the next one, meaning
that, “there is time for adaptation.” But the outlook still
seems dire: NOAA warns that 89.5% of land currently used to
cultivate cacao will no longer be suitable by 2050. The agency
recommends focusing on farming specific breeds of cacao seeds
that are resistant to drought and supporting more efforts to
grow cacao seeds using a traditional Brazilian method called
cabruca, in which additional trees are planted in the rainforest
to provide cacao trees with shade—a critical element the seeds
need to survive.
Climate change will clearly have far-reaching consequences for
the way people eat, and thankfully scientists are already
figuring out ways to adapt to the forthcoming crisis. In the
meantime, next time you take a bite of chocolate, you should
take the time to savor it.
[/quote]
We need to find an answer soon
I need my dark chocolate.
Great thread General!!!
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Re: Divine World: Random News From Around The Globe
By: Divine Metamorphoses Date: May 19, 2021, 2:50 am
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March 2020 when we first tried to flatten the Covid sars2
coronavirus curve.
Currently May 19, 2021
Vaccine that has not been thoroughly tested
First vaccinated our native people.
Then the elders
Sadness prevails with the views and heavy veils
What’s true
Who knows
PCR tests can be done in seconds when we needed a 48 hour turn
around
Results accurate ...no. I don’t believe so.
Minus 80 degrees frozen to transport from place to place when
minus 20 is still frozen
Ahhh the drama surrounding this communistic and fascist need to
control
Eugenists that are billionaires crashing our freedoms.
Is this news. Abhorrent news of course
Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies.
Who can you believe how can you trust
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Re: Divine World: Random News From Around The Globe
By: Divine Metamorphoses Date: March 17, 2022, 12:18 am
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March 17, 2022
Worlds a mess.
Mainstream media forevermore cannot be trusted.
Maryland is trying to pass a bill to abort a baby born up until
it’s 28 days.
What the Fffffffffffff
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Re: Divine World: Random News From Around The Globe
By: Divine Metamorphoses Date: July 21, 2023, 10:38 pm
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Carbon
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