Sentences with phrase «flood staple crops»
Bangladesh Sathkira Salinity intrusion Rice + drinking water Bhutan Punakha Changing monsoon Rice production Burkina Faso Sahel Drought Livestock + crops Ethiopia Gambella Flooding Habitability + livelihood Gambia North Bank Drought Millet production Kenya Budalangi Flooding Crops, livestock + fish Micronesia Kosrae Coastal erosion Housing, livelihood Mozambique South and central Drought and flood Staple crops Nepal Udayapur Flooding Agricultural livelihood
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Similar negative effects occur with worsening air pollution — higher levels of ground - level ozone smog and other pollutants that increase with warmer temperatures have been directly linked with increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease — food production and safety — warmer temperatures and varying rainfall patterns mess up staple crop yields and aid the migration and breeding of pests that can devastate crops — flooding — as rising sea levels make coastal areas and densely - populated river deltas more susceptible to storm surges and flooding that result from severe weather — and wildfires, which can be ancillary to increased heat waves and are also responsible for poor air quality (not to mention burning people's homes and crops).
Traditional growing of rice in flooded fields is bad for the staple crop's future quality and produces vast amounts of methane greenhouse gas.