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Climate change will threaten beer production
Gulp! A story that moved on CNET says that the rise in temperature due to global warming “may threaten beer.” Their source? The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand. They say it will be harder to produce grains needed for beer — specifically barley …
“It will provide a lot of challenges for the brewing industry,” even forcing breweries to look at new varieties of malt barley as a direct result of climate change, Jim Salinger, a climate scientist at New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research said. New Zealand and Australian brewer Lion Nathan’s corporate affairs director Liz Read said climate change already was forcing up the price of malted barley, sugar, aluminum and sugar.
Click here to read the entire story and don’t just think this is limited to the Australia and New Zealand regions. Salinger goes on to say that “similar effects could be expected” across the globe. “It will mean either there will be pubs without beer or the cost of beer will go up,” the Associated Press article quoted Salinger as saying.
And now for something cheerier … this video is a testament to just a handful of reasons why we love the whole world … besides beer! Keep your eyes peeled for a Stephen Hawking appearance.
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