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Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by castratikron on Thursday June 16, 2016 @10:23PM (#11920307)
But will we be able to eat the different organisms that will thrive in this environment? What happens when today's staple crops no longer produce the yields we need to sustain our civilization?
Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by fabled_giraffe on Thursday June 16, 2016 @10:26PM (#11920319)
During the little ice age, people ate things that grew in colder climates, like potatoes. We will find a way to survive, and we have more technology now to help than we did then.
Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by rosser on Thursday June 16, 2016 @10:49PM (#11920405)
Get ready to enjoy eating things made from jellyfish. Like, a lot of them.
Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by Tushon on Thursday June 16, 2016 @11:09PM (#11920481)
I would venture that seaweed or algae is more likely.
Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by hguant on Thursday June 16, 2016 @11:30PM (#11920546)
I don't think so, if only because seaweed isn't very calorie dense - 4 calories per 2 tablespoon according to Wikipedia (well, the google card that gets all its info from Wikipedia at least).

I think it's much more plausible that we'll go the route Asimov predicted in "Caves of Steel" - genetically modified and processed yeasts, which are much more calorie dense than seaweed, and much better suited to the sort of industrial process that feeding 10+ billion people requires.

Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by yongjik on Thursday June 16, 2016 @11:51PM (#11920595)
As a Korean, I'm glad we're prepared. Jellyfish salad and seaweed soup, anyone? :)
Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by rosser on Friday June 17, 2016 @12:58AM (#11920765)
I specifically cite jellyfish, because they're one of the few creatures that will thrive in the increasingly acidic oceans. As so many other species — including those we currently enjoy eating to the brink of extinction — die off, jellyfish will abound.