Good explanation of the hydrological changes we are already starting to observe as part of the warming world – and a warning.
Wet areas may get wetter – dry areas may become deserts.
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In those days the spirits will be high, the stakes will be high, the wet will be real wet, the dry will be real dry, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri will be real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
Ahh yes but, all most people want to know is, will I get wetter if I run?
Clue: It depends which way the wind is blowing because, if you run in the same direction as the wind and at the same speed, you won’t get wet at all… 🙂
(Please vote now to choose the most fatuous commenter – omnologos or me)
Martin – when cold gets colder, wet wetter and dry drier, plus of course warm gets warmer, it isn’t much of a climate CHANGE, is it? I surmise this “communication” avenue will be abandoned very soon.
Omnologos – There many times more heat records being broken than cold ones. Furthermore, as Hansen et al 2012 demonstrates, the bell curve has shifted towards warmer conditions and got flatter. Therefore the Earth is getting warmer and our weather is becoming more varied and the Earth is getting warmer. I think this may safely be classified as CHANGE, don’t you? I too surmise that this “communication” avenue will be abandoned very soon.
That’s a great illustration, but what really ‘put it home’ for me was this graphic from NCAR. Everything red or violet in this global chart will experience REGULAR droughts equal to or worse than what just hit the MidWest. Note that by 2060, this is essentially EVERYWHERE humans currently live. It’s easier to just list the few places where precipitation will be at or above normal: Alaska, Northern Canada, Scandinavia, Siberia, Mongolia, Ecuador, Argentina, East Equatorial Africa, India, and Micronesia. If you don’t live in these places, this summer in the MidWest is your new normal. And since there’s a 30-40 year lag between our CO2 content and our climate, this prediction for 2060 is essentially ALREADY DIALED IN.
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Hopefully most of Europe is ok with dry-land agriculture in the future.
I recall seeing a talk in Ireland many moons ago (about 15 years or more back) from some climate scientists who said that this was pretty much going to be the concequences of climate. Pity we didn’t listen to him then….or now!
I have these visions of a Southern US in the future completely dried out by climate change and the republicans will be telling the refugees fleeing north that its all “natural variation”…..or Obama’s fault…..or the Muslims….
Here in Germany the summer are always wet. I watch the weather change with great concern