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UN Climate Change Report: A Hungry Future That Can be Avoided

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - On the ground, climate change is hitting us where it
   counts: the stomach -- not to mention the forests, plants and animals.

   A new United Nations scientific report examines how global warming and
   land interact in a vicious cycle. Human-caused climate change is
   dramatically degrading the land, while the way people use the land is
   making global warming worse.

   Thursday's science-laden report says the combination is making food
   more expensive, scarcer and even less nutritious.

   "The cycle is accelerating," said NASA climate scientist Cynthia
   Rosenzweig, a report co-author. "The threat of climate change affecting
   people's food on their dinner table is increasing."

   But if people change the way they eat, grow food and manage forests, it
   could help save the planet from a far warmer future, scientists said.

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