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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Global warming vs global farming

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6958 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week, fresh off the back of the World Meteorological Organizations scathing report of the state of global climate 2023, we're taking a look at how the increasing trend of torrid weather extremes are affecting our relationship with food production. How do we reconcile our demand for food if the expansion of farmland will only exacerbate climate change's effects? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0

Hello and

0:05.0

we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine,

0:11.0

with me Will Tingle.

0:12.0

This week, fresh off the back the world

0:14.2

meteorological organization scathing report of the state of global climate

0:18.1

2023 we're taking a look at how the increasing trend of torrid weather extremes are affecting our relationship

0:24.8

with food production. How do we reconcile our demand for food if the expansion of farmland

0:29.9

will only exacerbate climate change's effects.

0:33.0

All engine running,

0:35.0

absolutely genius.

0:36.0

Get this.

0:37.0

Welcome.

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This is the show where we bring science.

0:40.0

What that essentially means is

0:41.0

Advances, research, technology, unbelievable. What is the discovery is advances research technology unbelievable without further ado this is the naked scientists

0:52.0

Now for those of you unaware we're based in Cambridgeshire and

0:56.5

Cambridgeshire historically is one of the hottest and driest counties in the

1:00.9

UK where it sits in the east of England is also the country's most important area

1:06.4

for arable farmland. And so farmers here are at the front line of food productions battle with climate change. I'm off to speak with one such farmer.

1:17.1

Yes, I'm Martin Lyons. We farm at Paprico Farm in Elthusley.

1:20.3

Pardonnately an arable crop farm, so combinable crops of wheat, barley, beans, oil seed,

1:26.0

rape, but we're reintroducing livestock into the system to get more fertility into our soil

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