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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
DIR By: guest78
Date: June 19, 2022, 3:13 pm
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Severe heatwave sparks wildfires, water rationing in Europe | DW
News
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> Europe is sweltering under an unusually early summer heatwave.
Record-breaking temperatures have sparked forest fires in Spain
and even here in Germany. And the hot, dry weather is putting
pressure on regions already suffering from drought.
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
DIR By: guest78
Date: June 19, 2022, 6:17 pm
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Lake Mead Drought Update!!! What's Going On?!!!
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Comment:
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> This is insane!!! Watching from Norway!!! OMG this will end in
a disaster. That front page boat was submerged 50% in water the
last time
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
DIR By: guest78
Date: July 3, 2022, 2:53 pm
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Ummm, on all levels, duh!!!
Is California's Water Crisis Man-Made? | Darcy Burke
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> Californians are very familiar with water preservation. But
why exactly do we need to be so cautious with our water usage?
Experts tell us enough water hits our state in a given year to
comfortably supply everyone’s needs. That begs the next
question: Then where does the water go?
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Ultimately, this is where the 'growth at all costs' Western
capitalist mentality leads. It's safe to say that had population
and demographics ever been a human-being priority we would not
be facing most of the economic and societal issues people are
increasingly being forced to face.
See also:
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Why California is Running Out of Water
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
DIR By: guest78
Date: July 4, 2022, 3:38 pm
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Tens of thousands told to evacuate Sydney amid floods - BBC News
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> A man has died and thousands of people have been told to
evacuate their homes amid torrential rain and flash flooding in
Australia's largest city, Sydney.
>
> Roads have been cut off, with 18 evacuation orders in western
Sydney alone and warnings of more to come.
>
> "This is a life-threatening emergency situation," Stephanie
Cooke, emergency services minister for the state of New South
Wales, said.
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South African town running out of water - BBC News
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> Authorities in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay are racing to
prevent taps from running dry.
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> “Day Zero”, when the water supply runs out, will see close to
two million residents without water.
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> A prolonged drought and poor management of water
infrastructure have been blamed for the crisis.
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> A strict water-saving regime has been implemented to try and
help the town cope.
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
DIR By: guest78
Date: July 5, 2022, 5:08 pm
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Extreme weather due to climate crisis sweeps across Asia
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> Scientists are blaming the climate crisis for severe flooding
across several countries. Record levels of rain have brought
death and destruction to parts of Australia, India and Pakistan.
Forecasters say the extreme weather is set to continue as
monsoon rains sweep across Asia. Shoaib Hasan has this report.
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
DIR By: guest78
Date: July 12, 2022, 2:15 pm
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Glacial melting: What can be done to prevent a catastrophe? | DW
News
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> It was a disaster when the glacial lake burst its banks -
Residents in a place called Hassan Abad in the mountains of
north Pakistan are still picking up the pieces after much of
their village was destroyed in a flood back in May.
>
> The government in Pakistan says 33 such lakes are at risk of
overflowing, with potentially devastating consequences.
>
> Three of the world's most spectacular mountain ranges
intersect in Pakistan’s north - the Hindu Khush, the Karakoram
and the Himalayas - forming the largest reservoir of ice outside
the poles. The country's mountainous north is home to more than
7,000 glaciers.
>
> A climatologist explains on why glaciers are melting at such a
rapid rate, and what if anything can be done to prevent the next
catastrophe.
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
DIR By: guest78
Date: July 14, 2022, 11:43 am
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‘Out of control’ wildfires raging in southwestern France amid
intense heatwave • FRANCE 24
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> About 1,000 firefighters, supported by six water-bomber
aircraft, were battling on Thursday to bring under control two
wildfires in southwestern France that have already burnt almost
4,000 hectares. "The fires are still not under control, no
casualties were have been reported", said the local authority
for the Gironde department, where the blazes, which started on
Tuesday, were raging.
> #France #heatwave #wildfire
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
DIR By: guest78
Date: July 15, 2022, 11:12 am
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UK heatwave: Met Office issues first ever red extreme heat
warning
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> There is a 'very likely' risk to life, with 'substantial
changes' needed to people's daily routines early next week
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> The Met Office has issued the first ever red alert for hot
weather, warning there is a "very likely" risk to life.
>
> Grahame Madge, Met Office spokesman, said: "We've just issued
a red warning for extreme heat for Monday and Tuesday which is
the first such warning ever issued."
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> "The warning covers an area from London up to Manchester and
then up to the Vale of York."
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> "This is potentially a very serious situation."
>
> The Met Office are advising people to "take action now to keep
yourself and others safe" and avoid travelling where possible.
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> Forecasters say there is an 80 per cent chance of the mercury
topping the UK's record temperature of 38.7C set in Cambridge in
2019, with the current heatwave set to peak on Tuesday.
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> Mr Madge said there is a 50 per cent chance of temperatures
reaching 40C somewhere in the UK, likely along the A1 corridor.
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> "If we get to 40C, that's a very iconic threshold and shows
that climate change is with us now," he said.
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> "This is made much more likely because of climate change."
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Entire article:
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 15, 2022, 7:58 pm
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The Western reaction to global warming:
HTML https://finance.yahoo.com/news/things-going-break-texas-power-145408946.html
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> ‘Things Are Going to Break’: Texas Power Plants Are Running
Nonstop
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> (Bloomberg) -- As searing Texas heat drives power demand to
record highs, the state’s grid operator is ordering plants to
run at a historic pace, often forcing them to put off
maintenance to keep cranking out electricity.
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Demanding more of the very thing that is causing the heat
increase in the first place is what we need for sure (if you
think like a Westerner)!
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> To meet the surge in power demand, Ercot, the grid operator,
is leaning heavily on a mechanism called reliability unit
commitments to ensure there’s enough supply. Plants are being
regularly ordered to go into service, or remain in operation,
and skip any scheduled maintenance. The measure also overrides
shutdowns for economic factors or any other issues. And Ercot is
using the rule more than ever before as the state battles bout
after bout of extreme weather.
>
> The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, as the operator is
formally known, called for 2,890 hours of RUCs system-wide in
the first half of this year. That’s more than triple the 801
hours in the first half of 2021, according to data from Ercot’s
independent market monitor provided by Richmond. For all of
2020, there were 224 RUC hours.
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And we thought it couldn't get more stupid than vaccine
boosters.....
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> The situation underscores that the Texas grid is relying on
short-term solutions for what’s poised to be a long-term
problem. The state is contending with a population boom that’s
driven demand higher. Crypto mining has also taken off in the
past year, bringing with it the industry’s power-intensive
operations. Meanwhile climate change has made extreme weather
events that drive up electricity use more likely to occur and
more severe — creating situations like a deadly February 2021
freeze that caused blackouts across the state.
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Anyone with common sense would put a flat cap on energy use per
person per day, and then immediately prohibit reproduction,
starting with those who used the most energy prior to the cap
and working our way down. But Westerners have a different
answer:
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> Ultimately, the state needs more power plants, and regulators
are working on ways to make that happen, he said.
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Whoever said this should be prohibited from reproducing first.
See also:
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 18, 2022, 11:08 pm
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