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Welcome to program 263 of Shortwave Radiogram.

I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Arlington, Virginia USA.

Here is the lineup for today's program, in MFSK modes as noted:

  1:36 MFSK32: Program preview (now)
  2:43 MFSK32: Antarctica's only insect at risk*
  8:14 MFSK64: Wheat alternatives to combat the food crisis
13:30 MFSK64: This week's images*
28:14 MFSK32: Closing announcements

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From Phys.org:

Simulations show Antarctica's only insect is at risk due to
global warming

by Bob Yirka
July 8, 2022

A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in
the U.S., working with colleagues from the British Antarctic
Survey, Natural Environment Research Council and the University
of Johannesburg, has found evidence suggesting that warming
temperatures could be putting the Antarctic midge at risk of
extinction. They have published their results in the journal
Functional Ecology.

There is only one insect native to Antarctica, the tiny Antarctic
midge. Midges are small, two-winged flies that typically live in
swampy places. The midges of Antarctica have lost their ability
to fly and have developed other features to live in a cold
environment. Their life cycle is just two years, and most of that
time is spent in one of its four larval stages. The larvae live
in moist moss or algae beds and survive by eating the surrounding
material. During the coldest parts of winter, when their
environment freezes, the larvae desiccate themselves, allowing
their bodies to freeze without harm. Prior research has shown
that as the temperatures rise again, the larvae need high
humidity to rehydrate. In this new effort, the researchers
wondered what would happen to the midges as temperatures in
Antarctica rise due to global warming. To find out, they traveled
to the region and collected larvae samples.

Testing of the larvae in the lab involved placing them in
environments that simulated those they currently experience in
their native land and those that would exist if the temperature
were to increase by varying amounts. The testing lasted for six
months—long enough to allow the larvae to respond as they would
in the wild.

The researchers found that even small temperature changes had a
dramatic impact on the larvae. The higher the temperature, the
fewer the number of larvae survived. They also found that energy
stores were impacted, leading to sluggish behavior. The
researchers suggest that the behavior they observed suggests that
if conditions grow much warmer in Antarctica, the midge is
unlikely to survive.

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-simulations-antarctica-insect-due-global.html

 

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From Deutsche Welle:

Wheat alternatives to combat the food crisis

As war in Ukraine strangles global wheat supplies and
extreme weather hits harvests, hardy and climate-resilient
wild and ancient grains could bring greater food security.

Stuart Braun
12 July 2022

The war in Ukraine has highlighted our dependence, not only on
Russian fossil fuels, but also on the massive wheat harvests that
flow from the region.

Russia and Ukraine are the world's first and fifth top wheat
exporters respectively and together supply well over 20% of the
staple globally.

Much ends up in the Middle East and Africa, including in Egypt,
the world's top wheat importer that sources around 80% of its
grain from Russia and Ukraine. The country is subsidizing bread
prices as costs skyrocket and supplies dwindle.

The grain shortage sparked by the war is also exacerbating an
"unprecedented food emergency" this year in the Sahel and West
Africa region, according to the UN's World Food Program. Kenya,
Somalia, and much of Ethiopia are at risk of acute food
insecurity.

Climate change, including an extended drought now ravaging
western Africa, is making food scarcity worse. Wheat yields could
drop by 7% for every degree Celsius of global warming, especially
due to decreasing rainfall, experts warned last week.

To combat food insecurity, countries like Egypt are trying to
bolster food independence by expanding domestic production. But
wheat is now also being planted in the Egyptian desert, even
though that will demand more fertilizers and scarce water
resources.

Common wheat has a shallow root system and is, therefore, more
susceptible to drought. But providing around 20% of calories
consumed by humans, this dominant hybrid grain is so popular
because it is high yielding, and creates a white flour that can
be adapted endlessly into processed foods.

Wheat's vulnerability to declining supply due to conflict and
climate change has nonetheless spurred attempts to produce a
greater diversity of resilient and sustainable grains that can be
grown locally.

These include ancient or "heritage" species that are more climate
adaptable and able to thrive in diverse conditions.

Here are four alternative grains that could help reduce our wheat
dependence.

Einkorn

Before the rise of so-called common wheat that is found in myriad
forms on supermarket shelves around the globe, dozens of
so-called "heritage" grains were grown in diverse locations and
soil and weather conditions.

Einkorn is one such resilient heritage grain that is an
alternative to the wheat used to bake most of the world's bread.

Dating back to neolithic times, einkorn is known as the "original
wheat." It is adaptable to diverse terrains and more resistant to
disease than modern wheat. It also has 30% more protein, 15% less
starch and less gluten than common commercial wheat. The grain is
said to give baked goods a distinctly nutty flavor.

"Einkorn is unique because it has twice the minerals of other
types of wheat, that's crucial for nutrition," said Friedrich
Longin, an agricultural scientist at the University of Hohenheim
in southern Germany. But while twice as nutritious as modern
wheat, it has around half the yield.

Einkorn is today grown in relatively small quantities in Austria,
Germany and regions of Italy, Hungary and France, but it has
potential to be sown more widely due to its adaptability to poor
and marginal soils. The ancient grain also has "exceptional
disease resistance" compared to common wheat, according toone
recent study.

Wild emmer

Ancient "emmer" wheat is another heritage grain that could make a
comeback in the face of the current grain crisis. With a higher
yield than Einkorn, Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was a fan of the
grain and ordered it to be grown throughout the Roman empire.
Today, its key benefits are high climate resilience and
resistance to disease.

One studycarried out over 28 years in Israel showed that breeds
of wild emmer that experienced a temperature rise of two degrees
over this period mutated to resist the changing climate.

The researchers concluded that more genetically diverse species
of high fiber emmer were "the best genetic hope" for improving on
modern wheat strains that are vulnerable to climate change and
disease.

While emmer was once integral to bread-making in ancient Rome,
today emmer seeds are relatively scarce. Flour from the grain
grown in mountainous regions across Europe is again being used,
however, for baking in Switzerland and Italy, where it is also
made into pasta.

Kernza

One problem with common wheat is that it's seasonal, meaning the
plant dies after harvest and has to be replanted every year. It
also has a shallow root system that is not super effective at
sequestering carbon deep underground.

As an antidote, a new perennial grain called Kernza has been
developed by The Land Institute, a sustainable agriculture NGO
based in the US state of Kansas.

A derivative of wheat grass, Kernza's roots grow to 10 feet (3
meters), meaning the plant can sequester a lot more carbon from
the air. Its long roots also maintain soil health by resisting
erosion.

Perennial growth helps to build more biodiverse and
drought-resistant soil, while also saving on the energy and
resources required for annual replanting.

The hybrid grain that has been developed over decades is already
being utilized by bakers, chefs, and brewers across the US and
Canada.

The Land Institute is calling Kernza a "change for the future,
rooted in inherently regenerative, climate-smart agriculture."

4,000 acres of the wheat were grown across the US and Canada in
2021, up from 500 acres in 2019. In midst of the global grain
crisis, that number could be set to grow significantly.

Millet

Millet, a staple for hundreds of millions of people in Asia and
Africa, also has high climate resilience, a short maturity period
and low carbon emissions, according to Robert Onyeneke, an
agricultural economist at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University in
Nigeria.

The grain, which has many varieties, is adaptable to heat and
drought, requires far less water than wheat, rice or corn, and
can be grown around the world, including on relatively poor
soils.

The importance of the grain, which is little consumed in the
West, was underlined when the UN declared 2023 International Year
of Millets. With cultivation declining in many countries, the UN
said "their potential to address climate change and food security
is not being realized in full."

https://www.dw.com/en/global-hunger-how-to-tackle-food-insecurity-by-weaning-off-wheat/a-62429582
 

 

 

 



 


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This Is A Music Show #174
14 July 2022

0200-0300UTC Thursday on 5850 kHz

via WRMI, Okeechobee USA

***ALSO***

TIAnExpressMS w/ Radio Northern Europe International
via Channel 292 in Germany, mainly on 6070 kHz.

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Tony Mottola - The Flower Road

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Human Sexual Response - Marone Offering
The Sound - Iron Years
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Thank you for listening to Radio Carpathia on Channel 292.

Reception reports can be sent to radiocarpathia@gmail.com

Here is today's playlist:

  1. Akcent - Dragoste de închiriat 🇷🇴
  2. Ruslana - Dance with the wolves 🇺🇦
  3. Zdob și Zdub - Moldovenii s-au născut 🇲🇩
  4. Атанас Кателиев - Един За Друг (Atanas Kateliev - Edin Za Drug) 🇧🇬
  5. Simplu - Oficial îmi merge bine 🇷🇴
  6. Adam Ďurica - Zatancuj si so mnou 🇸🇰
  7. Goran Bregovic feat. Kayah - Prawy do lewego 🇷🇸 🇵🇱
  8. Ivan Radulovski – Не си до мен (Ne si do men) 🇧🇬
  9. ARTIK & ASTI - Девочка танцуй (Devochka Tancuj) 🇺🇦
10. Ștefan Bănică Jr. - Veta 🇷🇴
11. O-Zone - De ce plâng chitarele 🇲🇩
12. DJ Project - Hotel 🇷🇴
13. Verka Serduchka - Все Будет Хорошо (Vse Budet Kharascho) 🇺🇦
14. Connect-R - Vara nu dorm 🇷🇴



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  Thank you for listening to Radio Carpathia on Channel 292.

  Reception reports can be sent to radiocarpathia@gmail.com

  Here is today's playlist:

   1. Akcent - Dragoste de închiriat 🇷🇴
   2. Ruslana - Dance with the wolves 🇺🇦
   3. Zdob și Zdub - Moldovenii s-au născut 🇲🇩
   4. Атанас Кателиев - Един За Друг (Atanas Kateliev - Edin Za Drug) 🇧🇬
   5. Simplu - Oficial îmi merge bine 🇷🇴
   6. Adam Ďurica - Zatancuj si so mnou 🇸🇰
   7. Goran Bregovic feat. Kayah - Prawy do lewego 🇷🇸 🇵🇱
   8. Ivan Radulovski – Не си до мен (Ne si do men) 🇧🇬
   9. ARTIK & ASTI - Девочка танцуй (Devochka Tancuj) 🇺🇦
  10. Ștefan Bănică Jr. - Veta 🇷🇴
  11. O-Zone - De ce plâng chitarele 🇲🇩
  12. DJ Project - Hotel 🇷🇴
  13. Verka Serduchka - Все Будет Хорошо (Vse Budet Kharascho) 🇺🇦
  14. Connect-R - Vara nu dorm 🇷🇴



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  Radio Carpathia is produced in Cluj-Napoca, Romania by Luca Trifan.

  Intro music: George Enescu - Rapsodia Română
  Intro voice: Andrei Roșu
  Outro music: Pasărea Colibri - Dealul cu dor
  Special mentor: Roseanna from RNEI https://rnei.org

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