Rebroadcast: Agriculture At Risk Due To Climate Change
Andrew Pritchard/Illinois Public Media
Editor's Note: This segment originally aired in May 2021.
In 2020, the world saw a record of 30 storms in the Atlantic hurricane season, apocalyptic-like forest fires in California and Australia and a pandemic that stopped the world in its tracks. As climate change affects near and far areas of the world, it’s also affecting us here in Illinois. The Illinois chapter of the Nature Conservancy worked with over 40 scientists and technical experts to put together a state-wide climate assessment.
The 21st was joined by the current Illinois State Climatologist, the current Lead Author of Illinois Climate Change Assessment along with the agriculture reporter for Illinois Public Media about how the changes over the years have and will affect Illinois' agriculture and economy.
Guests:
Trent Ford, Illinois State Climatologist
Jim Angel, Former Illinois State Climatologist (1997-2018), Lead Author of Illinois Climate Change Assessment
Dana Cronin, covers agriculture and the environment for Illinois Public Media and Harvest Public Media
A team of researchers tried to find out which air pollutants were most harmful to people of color.
— Dana Cronin (@DanaHCronin) April 29, 2021
Instead, they found ALL pollutants were disproportionately impacting POC.
"There's a systemic problem," @Illinois_Alma professor @ctessum told me. https://t.co/bCY8Iv9OkZ
Prepared for web by Zainab Qureshi
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