Thread: Climate sceptic? Met 40,000,000 thirsty people

The comment about the media wanting contrarian views is interesting - the actual issue is that the (responsible) media want to, or are required to, provide "balance" by getting a differing opinion. That's fine with social or general news issues, but they shouldn't've been applying it to a scientific issue where there was broad consensus amongst scientists. It meant that the fringe contrarians were being presented as legitimate and that the issue was 50/50 - it's not. It's as if every time they discuss the world being a globe they have to "balance" it by giving air time to people who believe that the world is flat*.



*Flat earth - I presumed these people were joking but they're not - they actually believe that the world is flat.

Flat earthers are not joking? Just a joke perhaps? Endlessly entertaining and very imaginative if you close your eyes and whistle

careful !

Back on topic

The US drought is still WOW

Map released: Thurs. July 21, 2022
[COLOR=#999!important]Data valid: July 19, 2022 at 8 a.m. EDT[/COLOR]
Intensity

• None
• D0 (Abnormally Dry)
• D1 (Moderate Drought)
• D2 (Severe Drought)
• D3 (Extreme Drought)
• D4 (Exceptional Drought)
• No Data

Map has NO DO, D1 with a little bit of D2 Severe Drought and the rest is OUCH+
| U.S. Drought Monitor"Extreme drought and inflationary pressures are forcing US farmers in Western states to sell off their cattle herds in greater numbers, at levels not seen in over a decade."

Pretty significant impacts on all farmers and farm types. . "California’s historic drought may leave the state with the largest amount of empty farmland in recent memory as farmers face unprecedented cuts to crucial water supplies.
The size of fields intended for almonds, rice, wine grapes and other crops left unworked could be around 800,000 acres, double the size of last year and the most in at least several decades, said Josue Medellin-Azuara, an associate professor at University of California Merced.

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Poor sods.

Rain dance needed +++++++ heavy Snow

Drain the swamp and look what they find? Just joking a bit Lake Mead is or was not a swamp!

More human remains found on July 25

According to a news release from the National Park Service, another set of human remains was found at Lake Mead on July 25th, 2022.

I wonder what would be found if Sydney Harbour was drained?

Originally Posted by Saitch

I wonder what would be found if Sydney Harbour was drained?

I started my Navy Diving at the bottom of Sydney Harbour. Boats, bodies.............

A WW2 bomb from the bottom of a river went boom in Italy Saitch. The River is dry for the first time perhaps?


Thread title might need a population increase?? Europe, China, India.......?

Not always bad for everyone - Ying and Yang! "In Le Pouliguen, western France, the evaporation of seawater is producing a record harvest of sea salt, Reuters news agency reports.
François Durand says the average yield was about 1.3 tonnes per salt pan over the last 10 years, but this year it is 2.5 tonnes"


On the other foot "More than 100 French municipalities are short of drinking water, which is being delivered by truck. There are widespread restrictions on watering gardens and golf courses, car-wash facilities have been closed and many fountains are now dry."


In pictures: Drought hits Europe'''s rivers and crops - BBC News

The POMs suggest driest since 1935 and "Water companies are warning that restrictions on household water use may be introduced."

I thought it always rained over there?

It used to be simple to lift 100,000 plus ships. Rain and lots of it was the trick. Back to the Americas "The Panama Canal is a great feat of 20th-Century engineering.


Upon its completion in 1914, this man-made waterway linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans nearly halved the travel time between the US West Coast and Europe.


To this day, ships have to pass through a series of locks to overcome the differences in height along its 50-mile (80km) length. They are lifted up to 85ft (26m) above sea level before being lowered again.


The canal's locks act as a kind of elevator, using enormous amounts of water released from artificial lakes at the top of mountains to raise the vessels, explains Mahelis de García, a Panama Canal guide."

They use a drip or two!!



" 55m gallons (250m litres) of fresh water is used, then released into the sea. On average, 37 ships go through the locks every day, using more than 2bn gallons (9bn litres) of fresh water."

We may have to prepare for famine sooner than later?

11 Scientific Predictions for the upcoming Grand Solar Minimum (spoiler: wrap up, it's getting cold) - Electroverse

The Drought might be comming to a very very wet end?

The computer modeling suggesting this is amazing if true. Hope its not paywalled


The Coming California Megaflood - The New York Times

A drought may or may not be a drought officially in Qld it seems, as droughts are declared by secret committees.

Queensland farmers call for government review into drought declaration committees - ABC News