By Amy Humphrey HARLOWTON, MT- Climate change. A doom that’s coming for everything. Melting glaciers, frequent forest fires, longer periods of drought, you’ve heard it all. But there’s one, small bright side to this black cloud, and it takes place in agriculture. I know what you’re thinking. Lack of water, hot days, fires, and so on. Where’s the bright side? Well, a leading warming component in the air is too much carbon dioxide, which, as everyone knows, is what plants use to breath and grow. Due to this increase in carbon dioxide, farmers and ranchers across Montana have noticed an increase in plant production. Another “good side” to climate change, is that growing seasons are lasting longer. The MCA says, “These trends [referring to increase in warmer days] have contributed to an overall increase in the growing season length of 12 days between 1951 and 2010” (MCA p. 34). This can be beneficial because more crops can be grown in a longer period of time, meaning potentially we could grow more food, not just for our own country, but to send more to countries across the world where the people are in need of good, nutritious food. About one ninth of the world’s population isn’t getting the food they need*. Wouldn’t it be good to help those people? Now yes, climate change will cause a lot of issues with agriculture, such as drought, crop diseases, insect relation, and more. However, it’s nice to know that there’s a little good that can come from climate change. *http://www.foodaidfoundation.org/world-hunger-statistics.html
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