#Map of Global #Groundwater #Vulnerability to #Floods and #Droughts (1 : 25 000 000)

Special edition map for the 7th World Water Forum, Daegu & Gyeongbuk/Republic of Korea, ed. 2015
https://web.archive.org/web/20150622202348/http://www.bgr.bund.de/whymap/EN/Downloads/Global_maps/globalmaps_node_en.html

The push to privatize #water, #droughts to #downpours, and a fly in your chardonnay. Those stories and more in the current newscast of “This Week in Water” from H2O Radio. Soak it in! https://bit.ly/3CzL6tn

Small standing #water bodies such as #ponds are #biodiversity hotspots and provide important #ecosystem services. But they are particularly threatened by water scarcity, #droughts, #climatechange. Options for action for #policymakers, #authorities and civil society in a new IGB Dossier > https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/small-waters-big-concerns-climate-change-and-water-scarcity-endanger-ponds

Rivers in the Sky: How Deforestation Is Affecting Global Water Cycles

"The water that a single tree transpires daily has a cooling effect equivalent to two domestic air conditioners for a day."

"Forests moderate local climate by keeping their local environments cool. They do this partly by shading the land, but also by releasing moisture from their leaves. This process, called transpiration, requires energy, which is extracted from the surrounding air, thus cooling it. A single tree can transpire hundreds of liters of water in a day. Each hundred liters has a cooling effect equivalent to two domestic air conditioners for a day..."

https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-deforestation-affecting-global-water-cycles-climate-change
#Forests #deforestation #logging #Australia #NSW #BellingenLogging #GNKP #trees #biodiversity #climate #Droughts #bushfires #risks

Europe endures another summer of wildfires, droughts amid scorching temperatures.

Europe is battling the effects of scorching temperatures, with July being the hottest month recorded on both land and sea.

This year, temperatures could exceed Europe's current record of 48.8C, recorded in Sicily in August 2021.

Here is a list of the most recent blazes and heat-related warnings issued in Europe.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230822-europe-endures-another-summer-of-wildfires-droughts-amid-scorching-temperatures

#Europe #Temperatures #Heatwaves #Droughts #Wildfires #ClimateChange

“While the planet has warmed 1.2 degrees since the 19th century, when humans first started burning #FossilFuels at an industrial scale, Canada has warmed at twice that rate, and the Arctic at four times. ..An Earth that’s two degrees hotter translates to a #Canada at least four degrees hotter, on average. .“A hot, dry summer ..in the Canadian context that means forest fires, that means #CropFailures, that means urban #droughts .”

#SouthAmerica's scorching winter is decimating #crops and threatening lives

Story by Marina E. Franco, August 15, 2023

"This winter in South America has been one of the hottest on record, intensifying crises created over the last year by severe #droughts, #wildfires and #floods in some regions.

"Why it matters: Experts say the #Extremeweather is already threatening critical #biodiversity and the lives of millions in a region where many reside in slums or informal housing with little #infrastructure.

"Threat level: Much of the northern hemisphere has experienced deadly #heatwaves and weather disasters this summer. July was the hottest month on record.

"In South America, the 'hot' winter effect stems both from the El Niño phenomenon that warms ocean temperatures and from man-made #globalwarming says Alejandro Max Pastén, head of hydrological prediction at Paraguay's Weather Service.

"'What's being done so far to stem this is either not yet panning out or simply not enough, and the effects are increasingly plain to see,' adds Pastén, who also leads the atmospheric sciences department at Paraguay's Universidad Nacional de Asunción.

"Extreme weather has caused significant reductions in crops for local consumption and for exports, which contribute to many of South America's economies. For example, drought has slashed #Argentina's #soybean yields to the lowest in 24 years, threatening its status as world's largest exporter of #soybeanoil and meal.

"Increased and irregular #glacier melting has put lives and livelihoods in danger since many people depend on regular meltoff for drinking water and #agriculture. It is also used to supply #hydroelectric power generation, which could be affected as glacier water becomes more scarce.

"The World Meteorological Organization has warned that a diminished hydroelectric power supply is increasing demand for fossil fuels in a region that has 'major untapped potential for #renewable energy.'

"What's happening: Heat waves have hit several South American nations since July, the second month of winter. The average temperature in #BuenosAires in early August is 59°F — this year it's been 86°. Temperatures in #Chile hit 100° this month.

"#ExtremeHeat has worsened drought conditions and also made the region more prone to dangerous landslides when it rains.

"Parts of #Uruguay have been under a 'water emergency' since June because of drought, and that same month #Bolivia had a mix of drought, heavy rains and frost."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/other/south-america-s-scorching-winter-is-decimating-crops-and-threatening-lives/ar-AA1fjeWT

#ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

@egies @emorwee a glowing endorsement of the book "Water Always Wins." It's worth your time #droughts #floods #climatechange #water

" #GlobalHeating likely to hit world #food supply before 1.5C, says #UN expert - #Water scarcity threatening #agriculture faster than expected, warns Cop15 #desertification president

The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the president of the UN’s desertification conference has warned, as the impacts of the climate crisis combine with water scarcity and poor farming practices to threaten global agriculture.

Alain-Richard Donwahi, a former Ivory Coast defence minister who led last year’s UN Cop15 summit on desertification, said the effects of drought were taking hold more rapidly than expected.

“Climate change is a pandemic that we need to fight quickly. See how fast the degradation of the climate is going – I think it’s going even faster than we predicted,” he said. “Everyone is fixated on 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels], and it’s a very important target. But actually, some very bad things could happen, in terms of soil degradation, water scarcity and desertification, way before 1.5C.”

The problems of rising temperatures, #heatwaves and more intense #droughts and #floods, were endangering food security in many regions, Donwahi said. “[Look at] the effects of droughts on food security, the effects of droughts on migration of population, the effect of droughts on inflation. We could have an acceleration of negative effects, other than temperature,” he said.

Poor farming practices were not helping, he said. “The degradation of soil comes with bad habits, and the way we do our agriculture will lead to degradation of the soil. When the soil is affected, the yield is affected,” he said."
...
"Rich countries should look to Africa for the solutions to the climate crisis, he added. Africa enjoys many of the natural resources – from minerals required for renewable energy technology, to forests, sun and vast groundwater reserves – needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, improve food security and preserve biodiversity.

“Africa is a continent of solutions. It’s a continent where you have the most natural resources. The people who have the finance should help the people who have the natural resources. It’s a win-win situation, a partnership situation,” he said.

He called on Africans to seize these opportunities. “If the Africans realise that Africa is a solution, they will act differently – they will come with a more positive attitude, that you’re fighting to find solutions together. That’s how we should think – you don’t want to always be the one waiting for the help, for the handout, waiting cap in hand.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/global-heating-likely-to-hit-world-food-supply-faster-than-expected-says-united-nations-desertification-expert

#GlobalWarming #Migration #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Climate #Klima #Klimakrise #ClimateDiary #WaterScarcity

How climate change threatens the Po river.

People whose livelihoods depend on Italy's longest river, the Po, are desperate. Can the vicious cycles of droughts and floods that cause hundreds of millions of euros in damages be stopped?

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/italy-s-largest-waterway-in-danger-how-climate-change-threatens-the-po-river-a-282be4ef-7620-4014-8aef-dcbc79cc0792

#Italy #Po #River #Water #Droughts #Floods #ClimateChange

"Researchers from the University of Bonn are re-analyzing satellite data to calculate global water distribution"

#water #droughts #globalwarming
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/998109

Twelve undeniable signs globalists are engineering THE END of humanity

- Far beyond mere #depopulation, this is engineered global #genocide against an entire species (humans)
- Radical Left is at WAR with food, energy, transportation and commerce that keeps humanity alive
- Planetary-scale #terraforming now under way with CO2 sequestration machines
- Agricultural #crops are being decimated through monopolization of the seed supply: #GMO Frankenfood pesticide poisons
- #CDC about to push ANNUAL #COVID jabs to achieve accelerated depopulation and #infertility of the human race
- #Geoengineering being aggressively deployed to cause huge crop failures stemming from #droughts and floods
- How to protect your assets and freedoms by using #decentralized content platforms and #crypto money systems

https://www.brighteon.com/9fdca79e-066f-4f7c-8d70-8355996e395b

"The dry summer of 2018 hit Swedish forests hard - and hardest affected were the managed secondary forests. This according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden".

#forests #droughts #globalwarming
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/997171

Exactly what @EricHolthaus said! #Psychopathic, #capitalism #greed is driving our world to ruin! #ClimateEmergency #BigOilDidThis #Wildfires #Floods #Droughts #Heatwaves @Biden @Democrats @JustinTrudeau @Liberals @cathmckenna @billmckibben #ClimateHomicide https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4335779

An #Arizona #wildlife center is receiving up to 120 animals a day suffering from the relentless #heat

"The relentless sun -- it hurts"

By Macie Goldfarb

Published Jul 27, 2023 12:32 PM EDT

"Mosby and her team aren’t the only ones working to protect Arizona’s vulnerable wildlife as the unwavering heat continues to torment animals and humans alike.

"To help the state’s animals survive the #ExtremeWeather, the Arizona Game and Fish Department has been bringing water to the wild to help keep animals hydrated.

"The agency deploys water shipments on trucks and helicopters to man-made catchments across Arizona – some capable of holding up to 10,000 gallons of water, according to habitat planning program manager Joseph Currie.

"Currie estimates there are about 3,000 of these man-made watering holes around the state where #deer, #elk, #BighornSheep and other animals now drink and cool themselves off in the extreme heat.

"When Arizona hit 110 degrees 27 days ago, water gauges showed that usage exploded, Currie said.

"The watering holes were originally created for #quail and #doves to increase hunting population numbers, but newer catchments grew in size over the years as the agency found that more animals needed a drink.

"#Droughts and #HeatWaves are occurring more often and becoming more intense across the nation – particularly in the West and Southwest – creating dangerous conditions and affecting water supplies for wildlife, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

"The program is currently funded by a combination of federal funds and fund-raising efforts. But 'if it keeps heating up and keeps drying out, then of course costs are going to increase,' Currie said."

Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/an-arizona-wildlife-center-is-receiving-up-to-120-animals-a-day-suffering-from-the-relentless-heat/1565070

#HeatDome #ExtremeTemperatures #ClimageChange

#Exxon #climate predictions were accurate decades ago. Still it sowed doubt

by Jeff Brady, January 12, 2023

"Decades of research by scientists at Exxon accurately predicted how much #GlobalWarming would occur from burning #FossilFuels, according to a new study in the journal Science.

"The findings clash with an enormously successful campaign that Exxon spearheaded and funded for more than 30 years that cast doubt on human-driven #ClimateChange and the science underpinning it. That narrative helped delay #federal and #international action on climate change, even as the impacts of climate change worsened.

"Over the last few years, journalists and researchers revealed that Exxon did in-house research that showed it knew that human-caused climate change is real. The new study looked at Exxon's research and compared it to the warming that has actually happened.

"Researchers at Harvard University and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research analyzed Exxon's climate studies from 1977 to 2003. The researchers show the company, now called #ExxonMobil, produced climate research that was at least as accurate as work by independent academics and governments — and occasionally surpassed it.

"That's important because ExxonMobil and the broader fossil fuel industry face lawsuits nationwide claiming they #misled the public on the harmful effects of their products.

"'The bottom line is we found that they were modeling and predicting global warming with, frankly, shocking levels of skill and accuracy, especially for a company that then spent the next couple of decades denying that very climate science,' says lead author Geoffrey Supran, who now is an associate professor of environmental science and policy at the University of Miami.

"The Earth already has warmed a little more than 1 degree Celsius (about 2 degrees Fahrenheit) compared to pre-#industrial times of the late 1800s. That warming has led to #ExtremeWeather in recent years, including #Heatwaves, #droughts and #floods. The researchers found, for example, that Exxon's own modeling charted this kind of temperature increase.

"'Specifically, what we've done is to actually put a number for the first time on what Exxon knew, which is that the burning of their fossil fuel products would heat the planet by something like 0.2 [degrees] Celsius every single decade," Supran says."

Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/12/1148376084/exxon-climate-predictions-were-accurate-decades-ago-still-it-sowed-doubt

#ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateCrisis #ExxonKnew #HexonExxon #ExtremeWeather

There’s no such thing as a disaster-resistant place anymore

#Climate risks are becoming increasingly expensive. Not just locally, but globally.

By Rachel DuRose, Jul 13, 2023

"'It’s getting harder and harder to adapt to these changing conditions,' Rachel Cleetus, policy director for the climate and energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told the New York Times this week. 'It’s just everywhere, all the time.'

"The risk of natural disasters is everywhere (even in the most resilient places). People will no longer just have to prepare for intensified versions of the natural disasters they know, but they will also have to consider the possibility of new types of #disasters — #floods, #storms, #HeatWaves, #droughts, and #fires — impacting their community."

https://www.vox.com/climate/2023/7/13/23792409/floods-vermont-new-york-natural-disaster-insurance-global-climate-risk-change

#ClimateChange #PolyCrisis #Global #ClimateCrisis

#Heatwaves, #droughts, & #floods... We're already witnessing the impact of extreme weather events, & unfortunately, they're projected to become more frequent & intense as a result of climate change. Explore our #EEAtopic on extreme weather:
👉https://eu1.hubs.ly/H04xsPv0 https://t.co/c14UmAwwdW

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1680889746959073284

Our summers are becoming increasingly #dry and #hot, resulting in more severe #droughts and #wildfires 🔥.
How many people are affected by wildfires in the EEA and cooperating countries?
For more info: ttps://discomap.eea.europa.eu/climatechange/?page=Droughts-and-wildfires https://t.co/AfCzp5Os4M

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1679511574795501568

Do you have a project in #agriculture 🌾 or #forestry 🌳?
#NaturalHazards such as #typhoons and #droughts can damage #crops and livelihood.
#GreenAssist can strengthen your project’s resilience to #NaturalDisasters.
Apply today 👇
https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/interfacing-green-assist-practice-beneficiary-perspective_en
#EUGreenDeal https://t.co/pQj8oel9vM

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/cinea_eu/status/1679055311527723008