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tonymmorley OP t1_iz8vzrw wrote

Jabal: the new wheat scientists say can withstand extreme heat and drought — "The variety is a cross between commercial and wild wheats – bred in a bid to develop crops that are more resilient to the climate crisis" 🍞

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"A new drought-tolerant variety of durum wheat has been created as part of an international breeding programme to boost climate resilience in the food system by increasing crop diversity."
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"While it is not yet commercially available, farmers in Morocco will be the first to start growing the new version of durum wheat, which is widely eaten in north Africa and the Middle East, in about three years. Morocco is suffering its worst drought in four decades, and grain production is down by about 70% due to the extremely dry conditions."

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Salt-Artichoke5347 t1_iz9ff4r wrote

just imagine a nuclear power desalinization plants on the med being used to make that drought not a problem

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Querch t1_iz9tgd3 wrote

Desal water remains expensive, though. It's ultimately better to not have to desalinate seawater to farm crops. If fresh water is that scarce, why not use treated wastewater?

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ThePottyMouth t1_izaqatw wrote

I work as an Operator at a wastewater treatment plant. There is no true way to remove heavy dissolved metals like mercury or prescription drugs from wastewater to a safe consumable level; they just go through the process and out into the receiving body of water really. This is the problem with that.

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Salt-Artichoke5347 t1_izcg9yt wrote

it remains expensive due to its energy needs period reduce the costs of the energy needs and well it becomes far less costly. Just like building one in California so they can do it to the ocean water there is better then importing water from eastern states and would help refill the aquifers of all the states. Also israel uses a lot of water from desalinization so it is feasible and useable

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