Extreme heat and drought are set to surge worldwide, affecting billions
Posted by Portalrules123@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 11 comments
Posted by Portalrules123@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 11 comments
jaynor88@reddit
Each of us needs to collect rainwater to use during the dry periods.
It won’t fully solve the problem but we need to do what we can so we can grow food and have water to wash and drink.
nohopeforhomosapiens@reddit
Government doesn't want you to. And farmers will sue you saying you are affecting the water table that they freely use to their heart's content.
Ok_Main3273@reddit
In what type of godforsaken country do you live in?!!! How sad 😪
Meanwhile: https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/content/dam/ac/docs/environment/collecting-rainwater-your-household.pdf
nohopeforhomosapiens@reddit
Much of the US is in drought. The farmers want the water table accessible, and government wants farmers happy; the idea is that if everyone collects rain water, then the ground water does not replenish. I lived in Christchurch, things are very different, but the thing I find is most important is to remember that no matter where you go, things are the way they are because of reasons that you may not know.
loralailoralai@reddit
Ok New Zealand gets more rain, but let me tell you, Australia doesn’t. And rainwater tanks are common in Australia. No matter where you go, there’s always an American making excuses
nohopeforhomosapiens@reddit
You seem to have taken the wrong idea away from my comment.
Monsur_Ausuhnom@reddit
Unless fixing this can make the few richer at a faster rate, I don't see this being resolved.
extinction6@reddit
"This research isn’t just about abstract climate statistics. It points to a future where, in many places, hot-and-dry extremes could mean some combination of water restrictions, crop and livestock losses, unstable food prices, and dangerous heat exposure." and coming from the IPCC the reality will be "faster than expected"
We are at the + 1.5C increase we were supposed to stay below. Temperature increases during the El-Nino are supposed to reach + 1.7 C above the baseline and the Earth is heating at .30 C to .36 C per decade.
"water restrictions, crop and livestock losses, unstable food prices, and dangerous heat exposure." and with temperatures predicted to be up to +4.0 C by 2100, which will mean mass extinction is underway people are still having children. Humans are so sick.
ShyElf@reddit
I don't feel like studies like this are helping to get people to take climate change seriously. It's computer models of population-averaged exposure to simultaneous temperatures extreme for the location with simultaneous low recent precipitation. Of course they're up more than linearly for larger changes.
Population exposure to temperatures above previous while dry isn't really the big issue. Fatal wet bulb temperatures and crop-killing hot and dry conditions causing famine are the issues. There's only so much effective communication bandwidth out there.
StatementBot@reddit
The following submission statement was provided by /u/Portalrules123:
SS: Related to climate collapse and positive feedback loops as extreme heat and drought act as compounding influences on each other, with dry soil allowing local temperatures to spike higher and the resulting extreme heat making drought more likely as water evaporates, in yet another positive feedback loop. This study estimates that by the 2090s, nearly 30 percent of the global population will live in areas where extreme “hot dry” events will become at least five times more common than in the 1961-1990 period. For reference, the same models show only 6.6 percent of the world population living in such heightened “hot dry” conditions for the 2030s. Personally I suspect this is yet another case of moderate scientists using conservative models in order to not appear alarmist, because if climate change continues to exponentially accelerate we will see mass heat deaths from these extreme events long before the 2090s. Plus, even if it was accurate, this kind of long term dating makes the average person think “oh, so we have until the 2090s to act” when in reality it may already be too late due to feedback loops. Sadly, expect the opening chapters of “Ministry of the Future” to become more and more obviously prescient as climate chaos continues.
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Portalrules123@reddit (OP)
SS: Related to climate collapse and positive feedback loops as extreme heat and drought act as compounding influences on each other, with dry soil allowing local temperatures to spike higher and the resulting extreme heat making drought more likely as water evaporates, in yet another positive feedback loop. This study estimates that by the 2090s, nearly 30 percent of the global population will live in areas where extreme “hot dry” events will become at least five times more common than in the 1961-1990 period. For reference, the same models show only 6.6 percent of the world population living in such heightened “hot dry” conditions for the 2030s. Personally I suspect this is yet another case of moderate scientists using conservative models in order to not appear alarmist, because if climate change continues to exponentially accelerate we will see mass heat deaths from these extreme events long before the 2090s. Plus, even if it was accurate, this kind of long term dating makes the average person think “oh, so we have until the 2090s to act” when in reality it may already be too late due to feedback loops. Sadly, expect the opening chapters of “Ministry of the Future” to become more and more obviously prescient as climate chaos continues.