Seeing the real effects of climate changes locally

[hatcheckgirl]

Well, I knew this past summer over in the West parts of Australia was particularly punishing. A walk in the bush tells us that there are many trees and bushes really struggling, and drying. When we go witnessing, people's gardens are much drier and more plants have died.

 

It’s April, and we have not seen rain in many months, making it a record-breaking spell. 

Fears of another 'forest collapse' event in Western Australia after record dry spell

 

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After a record-breaking hot summer and significant dry spell, ecologists are warning large pockets of WA's central to south-west coast are facing a potential forest collapse event, where trees and other smaller plants get so dry they die.

One expert has likened it to coral bleaching on land, and just like in the ocean, such an event can have serious implications on the wider ecosystem, impacting breeding habitats and potentially populations of entire species.

So, it's not just me then….. 

 

Other parts of Australia are suffering their 12th flood of catastrophic proportions in 4 years.  We are sick of hearing “unprecedented” and “once-in-a-hundred years flood”.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-11/shoalhaven-farmers-flooded-for-12th-time-in-four-years/103685588

 

Are you seeing catastrophic changes in your local climate too?

 

[Lewis]

And now you have mass bleaching happening at the Great Barrier Reef. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/11/great-barrier-reef-severe-coral-bleaching-impact

 

According to the IPCC, at 2C warming, 99% of reefs will die.

[Tortuga]

A supercomputer simulation just predicted when humans will go extinct (msn.com)

 

Climate change is affecting everyone but according to this article, a super computer predicts it will be 250 million years before the earth is uninhabitable. It's strange that the prediction is so far away.

[Kwabena]

9 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

A supercomputer simulation just predicted when humans will go extinct (msn.com)

 

Climate change is affecting everyone but according to this article, a super computer predicts it will be 250 million years before the earth is uninhabitable. It's strange that the prediction is so far away.

Then I'm going to regard it as what it is, a prediction. Just like how my phone on charge tells me that it'll be full around 5-6 hours but I almost always see it being full after 2-3 hours. 

[hatcheckgirl]

We are still waiting for proper rain (we had a very small drop one day), and it’s well into May. I can see so many more dead trees in my neighbourhood and in the surrounding bush. Though the weather here itself is beautiful and sunny with crisp mornings and beautiful days, we are all actually wishing for grey clouds. But still the forecast is blue skies for the next week.

 

Meanwhile, over East, torrential rain and flooding. The dams are tipping over making the flooding worse, and people are still homeless from the previous floods.

 

The extreme is so obvious.

[hatcheckgirl]

I came back from holidays, and this big eucalypt didn’t make it. Many of the bigger trees didn’t make it through this summer. You can see it everywhere.

 

[Mike047]

It doesn't look as if the wall will make it much longer, either.

[computerwiz]

14 hours ago, hatcheckgirl said:

I came back from holidays, and this big eucalypt didn’t make it. Many of the bigger trees didn’t make it through this summer. You can see it everywhere.

 

 

So sad!  There is a massive shortage of eucalyptus and it's affecting the supply of SinuCare, a much needed supplement that I used to use every night to open my sinuses and breathe.  I've been without it for months!

 

Thankfully I've found an alternative supplement, which is still eucalyptus-based.  But this is the first "other side of the world" disaster that has affected me.

[Mrs.Blessed]

I feel your concern!

3 summers ago we had an unprecedented heat wave in our area. 

" Residents of British Columbia won’t soon forget the summer of 2021. What we now call the western heat dome was the deadliest weather event in Canada to date. In fact, the BC Coroners Service confirmed that there were 619 heat-related deaths during the heat dome, which took place from June 25 to July 1.

 

During this time, western Canada experienced temperatures up to 20°C above normal, with provinces recording more than 103 all-time heat records, including Canada’s highest temperature ever measured in Lytton, BC (49.6°C on June 29, 2021). The entire town of Lytton subsequently burned in a wildfire the next day."

https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/blogs/science-health/surviving-heat-impacts-2021-western-heat-dome-canada