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About borderslynn

Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers. In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917

Drip irrigation when water is limited

Posted on September 30, 2022 by borderslynn

Shortages of fresh water can create difficult decisions, and lead to conflict. Industrial farming creating wealth for owners and investors may leave local poor communities without access to any clean water for personal use. This is illustrated by the South … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged cattle farming, cholera, conflict, deficit irrigation, drip irrigation, drought, food insecurity, industrial farming, innovation, war, water scarcity | Leave a comment

Fruit and nut yields threatened by warmer winters

Posted on September 28, 2022 by borderslynn

As winters warm in some well know fruit growing regions of the world, crop yield can be severely reduced, even wiped out. See: https://climatechange.lta.org/winter-chill/ In the US state of Georgia, famous for its peaches, 85% of the 2018 crop was … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, colder regions, Farming, Fruit growing, fruit yield loss, global food supply, nut growing, nut yield loss, vineyard loss, warmer winters | Leave a comment

Wheat production impacted by warmer winters

Posted on September 26, 2022 by borderslynn

The United States Department of Agriculture has advised farmers that plant hardiness zones must shift 100 miles north. They expect this shift will become 300 miles by 2050. The areas which are left behind will become unable to grow wheat … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, declining wheat production, famine, global wheat growers, latitude between 30 and 60 degrees north, Russia, ukraine, warmer winters, wheat futures, Wheat origins | Leave a comment

Freshwater availability shrinking as we make perverse decisions

Posted on September 24, 2022 by borderslynn

Globally, around 80 percent of freshwater is used for food production and agriculture. Out of all the water covering the earth, only 2 percent is fresh. That remaining 10 to 20 percent is set aside for industry. Urban Africa, with … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agriculture, climate warming, drought, famine, freshwater, glacier melt, industry, lake algae blooms, lake shrinking, lakes, rivers | Leave a comment

Water, water everywhere, not a drop to drink

Posted on September 22, 2022 by borderslynn

Recent excessive flooding, rising sea levels and glacial melt combined with monsoon seasons make us have to address the world crises with full force. Water covers much of our planet, but a small percentage is drinkable. The land we walk … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged adapting to climate change impacts, aquifers, drought, flooding, hydrology, ice age, investing, land sinking below sea levels, no time left, pacific, relocation, seas rising, tectonic movement, weather patterns, winter storms | Leave a comment

Fact: rich nations are largely responsible for the extreme effects of climate change

Posted on August 30, 2022 by borderslynn

Flooded areas of Pakistan look as though an ocean has deposited itself there. Hardly any land visible for the population to cling to whilst they await rescue. Scientists have long since explained why this has been progressively worsening over the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged carbon emissions, climate disaster, CO2, food aid, glacial melt, greenhouse gase, IMF, industrialization, investors, Karachi, monsoon, Pakistan, Pakistan bread basket, poverty, Sindh, vulnerable poor, wealth and poverty | Leave a comment

Human existence has weaponised the environment

Posted on August 27, 2022 by borderslynn

David Wallace – Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future, tells us a truth we must, by now, all understand. He says it is “…the end of normal” because ” we have already exited the state … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged catastrophe, climate future, David Wallace-Wells, desolation, extremes, famine, feedbacks, flooding, greenhouse gas, homelessness, industry, snow melt, unprecedented weather, war, wildfires | Leave a comment

Redirecting floodwater into aquifer

Posted on August 22, 2022 by borderslynn

For some years now the pattern of drought followed by flooding is experienced in many countries. Serious reduction in water levels in aquifers causes drinking water shortages. It is therefore necessary to build a system which directs flood waters into … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agriculture, aquifers, california, climate change, dams, drinking water, drought, Farming, food supply chains, hydrology, livestock, Mexico City, rivers, wildlife, world drought, world food | Leave a comment

Power Grid Vulnerabilities

Posted on August 16, 2022 by borderslynn

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the power sector accounted for nearly two-thirds of global emissions growth in 2018, with coal use for power generation alone producing 10 Gt of CO 2. Many countries have ageing nuclear power stations. They are not renewable. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged bombing infrastructure, carbon capture, coal power, future proof, gas power, nuclear fission, Nuclear Power, power grid infrastructure, solar renewables, wind renewables | Leave a comment

Wildfires and Power Grids: Redesign needed

Posted on August 16, 2022 by borderslynn

One definition of fossil fuels: https://www.britannica.com/science/fossil-fuel And most of us are acutely aware of these and of our dependency. Whilst using alternatives for producing energy to power the electricity we need at the most basic level is a priority, we … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged carbon emissions, carbon footprint, carbon sink, coal seam fires, lost forests, power grid redesign, underground fires, wildfires | Leave a comment

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