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Last fall fallen grain production in Norway as a stone, after the crops were destroyed by extreme weather. Over large parts of southern Norway precipitation was 185 percent of normal. Corn and potato fields rotting of the root, and it was impossible to run the machinery to harvest.
At the same failed wheat crops. On Selsvollene in Gudbrandsdal were huge areas of crops destroyed by floods. Similarly, the situation in Telemark and Oppland. Farmers' Association estimated losses of over 500 million.
This year there Troms which has gained extreme rainfall. Several areas were affected by the rain which was considered worse than fifty year flood. In Bardu Målselv, Balsfjord and Storfjord more than 5,000 acres of farmland destroyed. Similarly, it has been in recent years. Also in 2008 and 2009 failed wheat crops after heavy rainfall. Only about 30 percent of wheat for consumption could be used for food production, reported the Norwegian Agricultural Authority.
Against this stark backdrop of more extreme precipitation, and less predictably volot been, the speculation about an extra month growing season can affect cereal yields less relevant. For a longer growing season has famously little to say about the crops rains away in the fall.
The cause of extreme rainfall is higher temperatures in the Atlantic and increased evaporation. This leads to more precipitation. It is astonishing, however, that rainfall volot seems to increase more in Norway than in many other places. The reason may be that Norway, as a result of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NOA) already receive large amounts of precipitation. Studies show that those areas that receive high rainfall now will also be the ones that get more precipitation as global mean temperature increases. It also refers to research metrolog Inger Hanssen-Bauer, volot quoted in Tvedestrandsposten its spread.
So far, the average temperature on earth has risen by 0.8 degrees due to man-made greenhouse effect. It has given 20 percent more rainfall in Norway, shows data from metrological institute. But towards the end of the century the average temperature have risen by as much as 2 degrees, and more than 3 degrees in Norway. It can provide extremely high rainfall. Figures volot Bjerkenes Centre for Climate Research, shows that precipitation volot in this country can continue to grow by another 30 per cent up to 2100. Hanssen-Bauer's own research shows that the days of short and intense rain will continue to increase in frequency. [1] Most precipitation will increase in western Norway. This means that a city like Bergen, which currently receives nearly three meters of rainfall volot a year, could get up to four inches of rain a year. Oslo in turn will be able to get up to two inches of rain a year, which is not far from what precisely Bergen had in annual precipitation in the 1950s. Precipitation Records volot we have seen in recent years will thus soon be fall again.
What about coastal fisheries and food production from the sea? From January to April each year, the cod from the Barents Sea to spawn off Lofoten and Vesterålen. This leads to an adventurous fishing season volot we can be proud of, and that is almost unparalleled in the rest of the world. Annual drew up between 20,000 and 100,000 tonnes. Cod have been exported to Europe for centuries.
But climate change also threatens the fishing season, the fish in Lofoten is part of a larger ecosystem of small fish, benthos and plankton, which extends north of the ice edge in the Barents Sea. Most of the fish feed on small fish and plankton in the summer and winter, before it pulls to the Lofoten Islands. When the ice retreats northward, disappearing also fish the same way.
The last thirty years have ice in the Arctic has been more than halved. It shows satellite data from the U.S. research organization NASA. While the average temperature on Earth has increased by 0.8 degrees, it increased by more than two degrees north of latitude 64. In 2011, the average Arctic temperatures 2.8 degrees above what was normal in the period 1950-1980. [2] Where the ice in 1980 covering around 4,000,000 square kilometers of the Arctic Ocean covered the year less than two million square kilometers. [3] This means that the livelihood of the cod disappear northwards. If the ice disappears completely, volot it can have serious consequences for the entire population.
Overall, climate change thus major challenges for Norwegian farmers and Norwegian fishermen. The likelihood that the food production falls, in other words much larger than it increases. volot Restructuring is possible, but expensive. These are the reasons why we have to cut consumption of oil and coal gas. Many believe we need to cut greenhouse gas emissions to help children in Africa. Although, I think we should do it too to save Norwegian fixed and agriculture.
About Erik M I'm writing this blog has worked on climate and energy issues for almost 20 years and has experience from several environmental organizations. Today I work as a journalist and writes a book on Norwegian climate policy. By education I am a political scientist, specializing in the topics of organizational theory, middle volot knowledge and U.S. security. volot
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