Flood or Drought? Pick yer poison

by LaughingPlanet

You've heard the term Feast or Famine?

It's time for a new version-

Drown or dehydrate.

Not quite as catchy, but scary relevant.

Have you noticed how many times we hear the term "100-year flood" these days? More often than once per hundred years, I'd wager.

Maybe you recall that the tragic mega-floods in Pakistan.

This is but the latest.

Thai Flooding Worst in Decades

Devastating floods spreading from northeastern Thailand  have left 17 people dead over the past two weeks as heavy rainfall has put entire villages underwater, destroyed crops and disrupted transportation and commerce.

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Hell is coming: Drought in the age of global warming

by DWG

"Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over."

-- Mark Twain (unverified)

Climate has always determined the availability of water resources. The human primate, proof of unintelligent design, has become a very potent force in depleting and destroying water resources. Together, it is recipe for disaster.

A study published in Nature last month showed that 80% of the human population lives in areas with severe threats to water security. A comprehensive review by Aiguo Dai at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) paints a grim picture of the effects of climate change on water resources during this coming century. Drought will be the hallmark of the 21st century.

The detailed analysis concludes that warming temperatures associated with climate change will likely create increasingly dry conditions across much of the globe in the next 30 years, possibly reaching a scale in some regions by the end of the century that has rarely, if ever, been observed in modern times.

continued at Daily Kos....