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Well, that video might come in handy in a trial for wilful damage to property.
were not people within the last 6 months posting about the terrible flooding in China? all the destruction downstream from having to open the gates and flood areas downstream? posting this news over the last few years?
were not people within the last 6 months posting about the terrible flooding in China? all the destruction downstream from having to open the gates and flood areas downstream? posting this news over the last few years?
its not climate change or global warming it seems...
sounds more like mismanagement or something...
The following pictures, however, are from this year's summer showing the main arm of the Rhine. That's not normal by any means and it has become a trend in the past years. So yes, "climate change and such" does happen - be it man-made or natural.They posted similar things about the Loire river a few weeks ago.
"Oh look! It's dry! See? Climate change! And such."
Except the picture that were shown were from 2015 and of one of the small minor arms of the river. Basically the Loire river is poked with little islets, with the Loire going on one side of the islet and on the other you end up with a smaller narrower stream with its own name.
Anyway, long story short: old picture, not the Loire and the pictured arm dries up every summer since ages.
Yes. The global climate engine is a system in a very fragile state of balance. And 0.3 degC on a global average scale does contain enough energy to cause the climate system that we know to burp and fart, if you will. 0.3 may seem tiny on your local thermometer, but when you consider the global average increase across the globe that made your average temperature rise a wee bit, we're talking about massive amounts of heat that have been pumped into the system.A small increase in temp causes that? So they say its increased .30 deg C since the 90's... before they called every flood and drought global warming.
The change over the past 50 years is so negligible that if you didn't have climate 'scientists' to measure it, no one would have noticedA small increase in temp causes that? So they say its increased .30 deg C since the 90's... before they called every flood and drought global warming.
explain how a .3 degree change would necessarily lead to drought conditions.... why not increased rainfall? plenty of places much warmer than Europe with a much greater rainfall... increased warmth does not equal decreased rainfall. there is no correlation.Yes. The global climate engine is a system in a very fragile state of balance. And 0.3 degC on a global average scale does contain enough energy to cause the climate system that we know to burp and fart, if you will. 0.3 may seem tiny on your local thermometer, but when you consider the global average increase across the globe that made your average temperature rise a wee bit, we're talking about massive amounts of heat that have been pumped into the system.
The thing is that the yearly average of rainfall has been squeezed into more and more extreme "showers" of sorts than the previous, more homogenous rainfall that used to appear throughout the seasons. So, why did the temperature increase not lead to increased rainfall in Europe? Most likely because the response of the climate system to any short-term changes (on a geological scale) is somewhat chaotic. You might claim that the missing water of Europe is now flooding Pakistan, but that would be quite farfetched. "Increased warmth does not equal decreased rainfall": The decreased rainfall is the result of an unusually stable high-pressure system across Europe which in turn can be explained by high temperatures. High temperatures lead to an increased evaporation but in order to condense and "rain off", the vapor needs cool air. The latter, however, is blocked by the stable high pressure and consequently the polar jetstream that usually pumps cold air from the subarctic regions to central Europe is also weakened. This is called an omega block pattern in meteorology, and it has become ever more frequent in the past.explain how a .3 degree change would necessarily lead to drought conditions.... why not increased rainfall? plenty of places much warmer than Europe with a much greater rainfall... increased warmth does not equal decreased rainfall. there is no correlation.
also, where is the water going that should in a "normal" year fall on the European continent? are there areas in the world currently experiencing more than average rain? that water has to go somewhere, this is a closed system, so if its not falling in one place it has to be somewhere else. the atmosphere can only hold so much moisture, and regardless, evaporative and condenser processes are still functioning, and always will...
That might still work in some places, but here in Europe it is not normal that the trees start shedding their leaves in August. You are on spot though that this is ultimately a problem of human overpopulation.there are certainly places in the world that are crying "drought" but the local flora and fauna are getting exactly what they need.... every place on earth has I guess what you could consider a "natural" capacity to sustain human life.... any population increase above that level will lead to death unless there are artificial systems put into place. even that is temporary and mother nature can and will disrupt those artificial systems.
the desert mountain pools still have enough water to sustain the deer and cougars and coyotes and their prey, and only dry up just before the monsoons come.... it may not work for people, but it works for nature...
since we have divorced ourselves from nature, we will pay a price. our arrogance assumes that the current global climate must forever and in perpetuity be the only climate we ever have.... nothing could be more "unnatural"....
good thing we have people like Klaus Schwab with solutions to our population 'problem'!That might still work in some places, but here in Europe it is not normal that the trees start shedding their leaves in August. You are on spot though that this is ultimately a problem of human overpopulation.
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