American Meteorological Society

Strengthening Global Food Security with Organic Farming

We are on the verge of a new era in global agriculture, where the amount of research and investment dedicated to organic farming is on the increase due to its abundance of environmental benefits, lucrative market opportunities and sheer level of consumer demand. Organic agriculture not only creates more profit for producers but also yields healthier and more nutritious food, thereby increasing its prominence as a valuable solution to the modern challenges of global food security. One questions remains – will we be able to sustain our entire global population on organic farming alone?

Current conventional agriculture is one of the major threats to our environment and degrades the very natural resources we depends on for survival.…

Heat Waves, Ice, Storms, Floods and Algae Bloom in 2015

Last year saw several records in the Earth’s climate system broken.

The American Meteorological Society alongside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and over 450 leading scientists from around the world all confirm that 2015 was the warmest year on record for land and sea temperatures. Last year, average temperatures rose by 1ºC higher than Preindustrial times. At the widely publicized United Nations COP21 meetings in Paris, 1.5ºC above preindustrial averages was pegged as the upper limit for climate change. We are getting so close to this limit that some scientists are already talking about a possible overshoot, which would have disastrous effects on our climate, biomes and all aspects of human activity, especially in securing the global food supply.…