More bad news tor the earth being cooked on global warming.

[shunyadragon]

The increase drought worldwide is more critical than the actual rise in temperatures. The Western USA may make some areas unlivable and in Europe things may get very difficult, but in the Middle East the combination may be becoming catastrophic in a region with very limited water resources..

Source: https://phys.org/news/2022-09-5c-century-eastern-mediterranean-middle.html

Reviews of Geophysics, identifies the EMME as a climate change hot spot, and concludes that the region is warming almost two times faster than the global averageheat waves that can be societally disruptive. Further, the region will experience rainfall shortages that compromise water and food security. Virtually all socio-economic sectors are expected to be critically affected, with potentially devastating impacts on the health and livelihoods of the 400 million people of the EMME, with worldwide implications.

The report, which was prepared under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and The Cyprus Institute, in preparation to COP27, which will take place in Egypt in November 2022, provides an updated, comprehensive assessment of measurement data and recent climate analyses, covering a wide range of time scales, phenomena and possible future pathways. It identifies the region as a climate change hot spot, and also signals that the EMME is rapidly overtaking the European Union as a source of greenhouse gases, and becoming a major emitter at the global scale.

In addition to the average increase in temperatures, the researchers call attention to the emergence of extreme weather events with potentially disruptive societal impacts. These include the strongly increasing severity and duration of heatwaves, droughts and dust storms, and torrential rains which are expected to trigger flash floods. The assessment also comprises a discussion of atmospheric pollution and land-use change in the region, considering urbanization, desertification and forest fires, and includes recommendations for possible climate change mitigation and adaptation measures.

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[rogue06]

Sorry. Can't resist:

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[Sparko]

The Sky is Falling!

[shunyadragon]

The change in the climate occurs over time, and not one bad year or another. Europe is having a very bad year this year, but the data shows the trend in recent history portends a much worse future.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2022-09-impacts-droughts-worldwide.html

Impacts of floods and droughts increasing worldwide


by University of Barcelona
Location of flood and drought paired events colored according to changes in impact and their indicators of change. a, Location of flood and drought paired events (n = 45). Numbers are paired-event IDs. b, Indicators of change, sorted by impact change. Impact is considered to be controlled by hazard, exposure and vulnerability, which are exacerbated by risk management shortcomings. Credit: Nature (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04917-5
Risk management has reduced the vulnerability to floods and droughts around the world, but their impact is still increasing worldwide, according to a study published in the journal NatureFlood and drought episodes worldwide

The study, led by the expert Heidi Kreibich, from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), includes the participation of nearly a hundred experts from the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS).

The study analyzes 29 pairs of flood episodes and 15 cases drought episodes in different areas of the world. The aim is to check how these factors involved in risk have changed between the first and the second episode, generally occurring more than ten years apart, but in the same place.

In the case of Catalonia, the study compared pluvial floods in Barcelona that occurred on September 21, 1995 and on September 6, 2018, and the recorded droughts in the periods 1986-1989 and 2004-2008. To carry this comparative analysis out, in the case of the rainfalls, the researchers worked in collaboration with Barcelona Water Cycle (BCASA)—the entity in charge of the pluvial rain management in Barcelona—and regarding the droughts, they worked in collaboration with the Ebro Observatory (URL-CSIC).

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