I haven't seen a centipede in years in Santa Fe. They used to be common. Most people don't like them.
----------------------------------- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 9:27 AM Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nick, I presented your question about variability to our close Swedish > colleague, Lars Larsson. Here is his response below. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Lars Larsson <persl...@hotmail.com> > Date: Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 6:10 AM > Subject: Sv: Question from Merle > To: Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> > > > Hej Merle, > All farming-land need a rotation of different crops. Some times perennial > plants to increase the nitrogen and some time other crops. > So it means that we need a rotation program (3-5 year) and this different > plant must stand the climate change. > > A bigger problem is the insects. We need them for this rotation. I have > been working with my local food program since we met in Stockholm. > I talk to fisher/hunters and they told me that this year the fishing was > zero. So I talk to next village and next village and next village and > everywhere the same problem. > > So I find some experts (entomologist) of insects and they told me that the > situation is catastrophic. The insect are more or less extinct. In this > clean country? > We *cant focus on climate change*, it is only a part of the problem. Just > now, just here it is not a problem at all. The problem with lack of insects > is worse. > > The entomologists told me the they have warn the government years ago. The > problem is the management of the forests and the pesticides from the > farming. > This is two sensitive areas for the government so they did not listen. If > the scientist was to tell about it they lost their titles so they could > not tell the truth about it. > And it is still the same situation. > > So in my topsoil improvement program I involve the insects and now it is > emergency. We have 2-3 years to help them to survival. > If the insects will be extinct the climate doesn't matter we can't > survival. It takes millions of years to repair. Climate can be adjusted i > 100 year if we want. > > Kram > Lars > > > ------------------------------ > *Från:* Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> > *Skickat:* den 5 januari 2020 07:54 > *Till:* Lars Larsson <persl...@hotmail.com> > *Ämne:* Question from Merle > > A member of the complexity group here is a retired Philosophy professor. > I've got them all thinking about climate now, and here is what Nick wrote: > > "I could (after some labor) cite data to support the following concern: What > we should be watching out for, perhaps more than long term climate > warming, is increases in year-to-year climate variability. > > You can grow rape seed in Canada and maize in the US, and as the > climate alters, the bands of climate supporting these two crops will > move north. But what happens if one year the climate demands one crop and > the next the other? And the switch from one to the other is entirely > unpredictable. > > LARS--is this a good idea? Do you have data on this? > > -- > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > Center for Emergent Diplomacy > emergentdiplomacy.org > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > merlelefk...@gmail.com <merlelef...@gmail.com> > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > skype: merle.lelfkoff2 > twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff > > > -- > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy > emergentdiplomacy.org > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > merlelefk...@gmail.com <merlelef...@gmail.com> > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > skype: merle.lelfkoff2 > twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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