Name: 冰箱是如何高边食物的
Uploaded: 2025-11-24T15:54:12Z
Duration: 11 min 52 s
Description: 如果说你的厨房冰箱只是改变世界的冰山一角会怎样？讲关于食物的故事的 Nicola Twilley 暴露我们建造的“人工冰川”在如何同时间摧毁我们真正的冰川。她表示我们在一个重新思考我们与冷链和冷藏的关系具有决定性的时期 - 也探讨萌芽的科技可以如何不让地球如履薄冰。

Nicola Twilley: 冰箱是如何高边食物的

冰箱是如何高边食物的

如果说你的厨房冰箱只是改变世界的冰山一角会怎样？讲关于食物的故事的 Nicola Twilley 暴露我们建造的“人工冰川”在如何同时间摧毁我们真正的冰川。她表示我们在一个重新思考我们与冷链和冷藏的关系具有决定性的时期 - 也探讨萌芽的科技可以如何不让地球如履薄冰。

Refrigeration stretches far beyond the kitchen, forming a vast 'artificial cryosphere' that keeps our food fresh but fuels global emissions. The cold chain behind supermarket avocados now rivals the scale of the Arctic and already accounts for up to 3 percent of worldwide greenhouse gases—on par with aviation. While refrigeration slashed food waste between farm and market, it has shifted waste to consumers and encouraged monoculture farming. With most of the world's cold chain yet to be built, new preservation technologies and smarter design offer a timely chance to balance freshness with planetary health.

Our Artificial Arctic Is Melting the Real One

Refrigeration built a global cold chain that keeps nearly three-quarters of modern food fresh, yet this artificial cryosphere already rivals the size of a new Arctic. Cooling food alone accounts for up to three percent of global emissions, more than aviation, while enabling avocados grown in Kenya to fill supermarket shelves in Amsterdam. The spread of fridges has brought huge gains in freshness and convenience but comes with hidden costs: shifting food waste from farms to households, draining water supplies, and accelerating climate change. Rethinking how and when society relies on refrigeration could help preserve freshness and protect the planet.