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Climate Change Causes Some Illegal Immigration

The New York Times reports:

CORQUÍN, Honduras: "The farmer stood in his patch of forlorn coffee plants, their leaves sick and wilted, the next harvest in doubt. Last year, two of his brothers and a sister, desperate to find a better way to survive, abandoned their small coffee farms in this mountainous part of Honduras and migrated north, eventually sneaking into the United States. Then in February, the farmer’s 16-year-old son also headed north, ignoring the family’s pleas to stay."

"But farmers, agricultural scientists and industry officials say a new threat has been ruining harvests, upending lives and adding to the surge of families migrating to the United States: climate change. And their worries are increasingly shared by climate scientists as well. Gradually rising temperatures, more extreme weather events and increasingly unpredictable patterns — like rain not falling when it should, or pouring when it shouldn’t — have disrupted growing cycles and promoted the relentless spread of pests. The obstacles have cut crop production or wiped out entire harvests, leaving already poor families destitute." [nytimes.com]

Germaine 6 Apr 14
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Something tells me that farmers have had to deal with periods where weather was abnormal before. I highly doubt that people coming into the states illegally due to global warming.

@Daryl common sense. Weather fluctuations are nothing new in agriculture. There are years with perfect conditions and years with horrible conditions. This why farmers in developed countries finance $250K+ irrigation systems, a major reason why sellers and purchasers of grain commodities hedge with forwards and futures (a practice that is centuries old) and another why seed companies create GMO’s.

Now if the article were to say they are entering the states illegally for economic properity then I would agree.

@Daryl I am sure agriculture has an impact for some. However, this is by no means the first time a drought has hit Honduras. Nor is drought/famine a new coincidence for mankind as a whole. I would assume that a larger issue for a lot of the people is violence and poverty as whole. If they did not have to worry about their lives on top of their livelihood they would probably be more inclined to stay.

@Daryl Gotcha. Pretty sure it is related to El Niño, which always brings up an image of Chris Farley.

@Daryl the article does, but any variation in anything weather related is filed under climate change.

@Daryl are these truly new weather patterns? I don’t think so. They are as old as written history. As an example, drought is believed to be one of the reasons behind the fall of the Mayans.

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So climate change is only effecting this part of the world? To a extreme and forcing people to migrate to America? Slowly or in mass numbers? NY TIMES AGAIN??

@Daryl "other wealthy countries" i think you answered why i asked THAT! AID IS SENT FROM AMERICA WORLD WIDE we are only giving mony ti the rich not the poor.
And you seem to use NY time's alot to suggest anyone article is right or wrong shows lack of reseach and self exporing thought

@Daryl Common Sence is Climate change is a money makeing false claim.

@Daryl i would to see proof of this no one sided opinion as well Al gore fired his climate change adverstors because they would not play a log with this scam Daryl so i don't how mucb the has changed since i was told to fear climate change in 1st grade or we all ar going to reall soon but guess what we was still here. False fear is a great toll to control the masses

@Daryl my poit as stated was you use NTTimes a lot. Did you see the scientist that said his word's not mine " lieing about climate change gave me a rush?" No because you seem to seach one side if the issue only this is not proving or diproving or right. Or helpful in a debate your not gather all available info. And if the person your debating does well your in a no piont proven situation.

@Daryl i did not read the article i pointed out where you could be wrong for believing the article. And have good point's in my argument just migration to wealthier countries is a hummm?

@Daryl the imagration is funded to America.you think it's not to other countries as well? Again i been hearing about climate change for mant year's. And death to all because of it in 10 I'm 49 now. That is 50 year's of my life we are all going to die. Now it's causing migration for some and not all people in some way? ( because of poverty) you said it not me. Al Gore has made millions of of climate change the name for it get's changed every so often have you ever wondered why? 1 of his houses leaves a so called carbon foot print bigger then my whole block. But me and my block can make more of a change to global warming the Al gore can? Not to mention to private jet trips but we must not have car's when my husband works is 1 hr away? I have repeatedly ask you to try and use your BRAIN and your THOUGHTS to RESEARCH for ANSWERS on BOTH SIDES but YOU CHOOSE not to. Believing in something is great just make sure to the best of your ability that what you believe in is real. NASA MEANS TO DESEIVE IN HEBREW. COINCIDES happen but in naming something as big as NASA?

@Daryl i did proved evidence anyone who believes that climate change is causing migration because people are poor. Have been fool by a article that is false. And needs to do more reseach.

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