Thread by @JimBair62221006

'The study suggests... widespread drying & increases in agricultural drought by up to 200% over most of the Americas... Europe & the Mediterranean region, southern Africa, Southeast Asia, & Australia under moderate-high emissions'

#ClimateCrisis #NEWS
phys.org/news/2022-01-s…

Already

'children walk among carcasses of animals dead from hunger & exhaustion, a stark image of the drought threatening millions...

Somalia, Kenya, & now Ethiopia have raised the alarm about the latest climate shock to a fragile region'

#ClimateCrisis
cp24.com/world/millions…

Portugal-

Drought threatens farming & results in near halt of electricity from 5 hydro dams

Unmitigated climate change to "drastically increase the frequency, duration & intensity of summer droughts in many European regions”

#ClimateCrisis #Portugal
euractiv.com/section/climat…

#Brazil #Argentina #Brasil #ClimateCrisis #food

https://twitter.com/JimBair62221006/status/1488658177017016322?t=LFvr55PFxyvgCHMqOS4mBw&s=19

#Paraguay-

'Record-breaking heat waves in Paraguay have led to water shortages and forest fires that threaten local biodiversity & many of the Indigenous communities who steward it.'

#ClimateCrisis #water #food
news.mongabay.com/2022/02/paragu…

Paraguay drought now entering its 3rd year

“It’s extreme. It’s so extreme that even wells have started drying up.”

'Some Indigenous communities have lost as much as 70-80% of their crops, including corn, brown pinto beans, sesame & rice'

#ClimateCrisis
news.mongabay.com/2022/02/paragu…

"Much of Algeria is experiencing "severe" drought while "extreme" drought is widespread in Morocco and Tunisia."

Precipitation dramatically lower than normal- 36% lower in Algeria, 46% lower in Morocco & 48% lower in Tunisia

#ClimateCrisis #food #water
producer.com/news/drought-h…

Colorado-

'Winter wheat crops are becoming more unpredictable... Year after year, the area sets records: Driest summers. Driest winters. The last six months of 2021 were the hottest in Colorado’s recorded history'

#ClimateCrisis #food #water
coloradosun.com/2022/02/06/col…

"We’re in trouble” 

“Even if precipitation doesn’t decline, a warmer future is a drier future. In a warmer world, the water we have gets used more quickly.”

#ClimateCrisis #Colorado #food #water
coloradosun.com/2022/02/06/col…

Where are reparations from wealthy countries driving the #ClimateCrisis?

'the current drought is the worst in living memory. We are now in the third year of very low rainfall coupled with high temperatures, which have exhausted people’s ability to cope'
oxfam.org/en/drought-eas…

'typically eastern East Africa receives two rainy seasons every year, October to December and March to May. Now, with climate change, we are seeing more frequent and extremely dangerous back-to-back failures of these rains'

#ClimateCrisis #food #water
phys.org/news/2021-10-s…

New in Nature Climate Change-

⚠️ 40% increase in simultaneous droughts in just decades

Significant implications for food security.

#ClimateCrisis #food #foodsecurity #foodblogger #agriculture #farming

https://twitter.com/JimBair62221006/status/1491562025461305344?t=uOR1AJFYLuxdahYUDXoFNw&s=19

'One of the strongest signals for continued food inflation is a second consecutive year of drought in agricultural powerhouse South America'

Even a 'robust US harvest' won’t be able to make up for South America's crop troubles.

#ClimateCrisis #food
gro-intelligence.com/insights/a-loo…

'dry conditions create the perfect playground for a few yield-robbing pests ... In other cases, beneficial insects, which keep pests in check, don’t do as well when it’s hot & dry, so the troublesome pests increase in numbers or simply do more damage'
agweb.com/news/crops/cro…

'As of late January, 70% of the U.S. was experiencing abnormally dry conditions —with 55% of the U.S. at moderate drought levels. Peterson says if droughty conditions continue, they could invite in two key pests: grasshoppers & spider mites'
#ClimateCrisis
agweb.com/news/crops/cro…

'A shortage of flowers due to a 𝟭𝟯 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 in Chile has forced beekeepers to feed their bees with sugar water' to keep them alive

65-70% of Chile's fruit yield depends on pollinators.

#ClimateCrisis #foodblogger #DontLookUp

Medford, Oregon-

“It’s tough to exactly characterize how unusual it is” 

Previous record winter dry spell of 27 days - "we’re going to blow that record away"

"And we’re already in a drought. So this came at a terrible time.”

#ClimateCrisis
siskiyoudaily.com/story/news/202…

Some farmers "getting killed right now because their grain is dying in the fields. Or at least getting heavily stressed. So that’s going to be a disaster."

#ClimateCrisis #farming #SundayMorning
siskiyoudaily.com/story/news/202…

'Thousands of desperate families have fled a severe drought across large parts of Somalia, seeking food and water in camps for displaced people outside the capital, Mogadishu'

#ClimateCrisis #Somalia
abcnews.go.com/International/…

"The impact on families is being felt more severely this season due to the result of multiple, prolonged droughts in quick succession, a worsening security situation, desert locust infestations, soaring food prices"

#ClimateCrisis #food #water
abcnews.go.com/International/…

'Mainland Southeast Asia is entering its fourth year of drought, with climate change & unrelenting dam construction taking an unprecedented toll on the Mekong River and the 65 million people who rely on the waterway for their livelihoods.'

#ClimateCrisis
voanews.com/a/mekong-droug…

Spain, Portugal-

The current drought is extraordinary because of "its intensity, scale and length"

'Of Portugal's 55 dams, 24 are only holding half of their water capacity, and five are below 20 per cent'

#ClimateCrisis #Spain #Portugal
france24.com/en/live-news/2…

'Meanwhile Spain only got a quarter of the precipitation it normally gets...The dry spell, which began at the end of 2021, is ruining crops, leaving farmers struggling to feed livestock'

Doughts are "one of the most serious consequences of climate change"
france24.com/en/live-news/2…

North America's megadrought:

🔥"2000–2021 was the driest 22-yr period since at least 800. This drought will very likely persist through 2022"

🔥42% of the drought’s severity attributable to higher temperatures caused by greenhouse gases

#ClimateCrisis
nature.com/articles/s4155…

"The results are really concerning, because it’s showing that the drought conditions we are facing now are substantially worse because of climate change,”

'the region must prepare for the drying'

#ClimateCrisis #uspoli #cdnpoli
latimes.com/environment/st…

'Widespread drought in Washington & Oregon is hurting crops & wildlife. The dry conditions are forcing elk down from the mountains to raid haystacks for food, and climate scientists say more frequent droughts will only increase these sort of conflicts'

npr.org/2022/02/13/108…

'there’s a very strong chance the [Western US mega]drought will continue through 2030'

“Not only is this drought continuing to chug along, it’s proceeding at as full-steam pace as it ever has been”

It didn't need to be this way.
#ClimateCrisis #USpoli
nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

'A devastating wildfire in the northern Argentine province of Corrientes has spread to cover more than 500,000 hectares... Corrientes produces farm products including citrus fruits, rice, tobacco, yerba mate, cotton, livestock & forestry.'

#ClimateCrisis
reuters.com/world/americas…

'The worst drought to hit southern China’s Guangdong province in decades is only getting more severe'

Reduced rainfall has seen 70% less water has flowing into the Pearl River system and Han River since last fall

#ClimateCrisis #China
sixthtone.com/news/1009668/a…

'Drought in the Horn of Africa has killed more than 1.5 million livestock and drastically cut cereal production,

“and we are most definitely now sitting on the brink of catastrophe”'

#ClimateCrisis #foodsecurity washingtonpost.com/world/un-horn-…

‘We fear more war, we fear more drought’-

New report outlines 'risks for fragmentation among the poorest communities as access to water becomes more difficult and failed harvest creates more socio-economic concerns'

#ClimateCrisis #Syria #food
reliefweb.int/report/syrian-…

After 13 years of drought, will water rationing be the new normal in Chile?

'Lack of rainfall. High temperatures. These are some reasons that have caused many cities & towns... to practically run out of water or show a significant decrease'
#ClimateCrisis
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/me…

'Ukraine, a major grain exporter, has also been walloped by droughts in recent years.... The country has long ranked among the most productive agricultural areas on Earth...but climate change is dramatically decreasing output...'

#ClimateCrisis #food
thenation.com/article/enviro…

Ukraine- "climate change is dramatically decreasing output... and, by extension, threatening the stability of food prices around the world."

“Drought is the overriding danger as climate change intensifies”

#ClimateCrisis #Ukraine
thenation.com/article/enviro…

Italy-

'the last two months have seen a drop in rainfall of 60% for snow and 80% for rain'

"Drought and the aridity of the land also represent a risk ...all signs of climate change"

#ClimateCrisis #Italy #Italia
ruetir.com/2022/02/18/met…

Just look at this map.

#ClimateCrisis #food #water

https://mobile.twitter.com/DroughtGov/status/1494324104706461705