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"In the early days of recognizing the climate change threat, the focus was on
rising sea levels as polar ice and glacier melt accelerated. The common vision
was of coastal areas being inundated and entire low level regions becoming
uninhabitable.
The ‘no more Florida in thirty years’ theory. And yes, levels are rising, land
is being lost and sea level islands are disappearing all over the world. But
rising waters are gradual and offer a time to prepare or move. But a much
bigger problem has emerged.
Ocean surface water temperatures are rising very quickly in many areas and
warmer waters fuel more storms and bigger storms. And the impact of these
killer storms is felt far beyond low level shoreline communities.
The atmospheric river of incoming heavily laden moisture, sucked up from warm
oceans, and carried thousands of miles until reaching land, is a new thing. It
is coming at a new scale, with multiple storms hitting entire regions day after
day. Rain is measured in tens of inches and snow in feet, dozens of feet.
And in just days it has wreaked havoc across California, with mudslides and
floods destroying critical roadways and isolating large areas of the state.
Crops essential to the entire country are being lost. All of this is taking
place at levels never imagined in the most dire scenarios, or expected years
from now."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
