Posted by Declan on February 3, 2007, at 17:14:09
In reply to Re: BTW yesterday it snowed here! » fayeroe, posted by Meri-Tuuli on February 3, 2007, at 12:16:37
It's the rainfall patterns that will be vital.
In Australia the current drought has led to the collapse (so they call it) of the Murray-Darling Basin, which really means that irrigation entitlements have been granted way in excess of the capacity of the various rivers to supply these (or much) water, and the water has run out (in places), and the ecosystem wrecked (or perhaps vanished is the right word).
They expect a drying of the continent, particularly south of a line drawn between Sydney and Perth.
Perhaps countries like Australia and those in sub-saharan Africa will feel these climatic effects first.
I keep thinking about Java and the monsoon. Lots of people there.
Will there arise a redemptive apocalyptic political movement out of all this?
(I do not mean the Greens.)It's a pity that science and technology came late to humanity when the population was already so large. We don't have much room to move.
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