This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head?
It seems that major changes in the planet's rainfall pattern, will be one of the biggest effects of the climate crisis (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/17/global-water-crisis-will-intensify-with-climate-breakdown-says-report). Extreme rainfall appears to intensify by 7% with every degree Centigrade rise in ambient temperature. As the planet heats, wet areas will consequently become very much wetter. These locations will have a greatly increased risk of flooding. Concomitantly, arid areas will become drier. Such places, will be more likely to experience droughts and wildfires. We will no longer usually have the 'right' amount of water in the right places
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