Empirical evidence does not lend much support to the notion that climate is headed precipitately toward more extreme heat and drought. The drought of 1999 covered a smaller area than the 1988 drought, when the Mississippi almost dried up. And 1988 was a temporary inconvenience as compared with repeated droughts during the 1930s “Dust Bowl” that caused an exodus from the prairies, as chronicled in Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath.

in the U.S. there has been little temperature change in the past 50 years, the time of rapidly increasing greenhouse gases — in fact, there was a slight cooling throughout much of the country

NASA GISS: Science Briefs: Whither U.S. Climate?

1999 version : 1999_Hansen_etal_1.pdf
2015 version: Fig.D.gif (525×438)

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Psalmon says:

October 28, 2015 at 2:40 pm

10 days ago NASA announce climate change was impacting food production:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nasa-satellites-reveal-something-startling-203100169.html?bcmt=comments-postbox

“This is actual data — this is not a model,” Stofan said. This wouldn’t be the first time human-caused climate change has affected our ability to grow food, Stofan pointed out. The Dust Bowl of the 1930s, which had a devastating effect on agriculture in the US and Canada, can be traced to poor farming practices and severe drought brought on by climate change.”

Today 10/28, Yahoo reports: Who wants my corn? U.S. farmers grapple with another super crop
http://news.yahoo.com/wants-corn-us-farmers-grapple-another-super-crop-125252578.html

“We’re out of storage,” said Richard Guse, a Minnesota farmer who also co-owns a grain elevator. “Our next best option is to find a place to sell it, so you get that harvest pressure.”

They are storing food in the open, risking damage. So much food we can’t store it all.

But fear not! From the 10/19 article: “NASA has the tools to help farmers on Earth cope with climate change and become more resilient.” Yeah! Can mass starvation be far behind?