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Re:I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do by naasking on Sunday January 28, 2024 @06:34PM (#39171016)
> However, the food chain for homo sapiens largely relies on artificial monocultures that can be moved around and replaced

As just one example, ocean acidification could kill a lot of the algae. Pretty much everything is upstream of algae. It would be catastrophic, even for us.

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Re:I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do by PeterisP on Sunday January 28, 2024 @07:32PM (#39171453)
Are cereals, tubers and legumes upstream of algae? They are "pretty much everything* as far as food security is concerned, they constitute 90% of calories consumed by humanity; the three main species - rice, maize, and wheat - currently form 2/3 and in case of a catastrophe probably could cover nearly 100%.
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