Now, I don't want to frame you, but climate change is radically altering our planet, and not in a good way.

Our environment is transforming faster than we can predict, and now it's affecting our food security, our health, and our everyday lives.

Oh, man, what do we do?

Well, instead of looking to the future, scientists are turning to relics of the past that have been extinct for thousands of years.

Species like woolly mammoths and Aztec crops, which once survived in harsher environments than what we have to face,

so buckle up as we go for a deep dive into some vanished species of the past

that might just hold the keys to our salvation.

Hallelujah.

You're listening.

You're listening.

You're listening.

You're listening.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening to be amazed. What's your favorite kind of cereal?

Shredded wheat square?

Or are you more of a fruit loops kind of guy?

Whatever you like, you might want to start stockpiling boxes soon.

You see, global warming is dangerously impacting annual wheat yields, a crop essential for the

whole brunch buffet. Wheat is the key ingredient for everything from bread to pasta.

It's such a staple that it makes up about 20% of all the protein and calories consumed worldwide.

Now, wheat grows best in warm temperatures ranging from 70 degrees to 75 degrees Fahrenheit.

And global warming is affecting the climate to such an extent that in historically cooler regions

like North America and Europe, wheat production

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