Topic: Europe's drought the worst in 500 years (Read 258 times)

The other day I cooked chicken broth according to the recipe of my friend, he is a chef in a restaurant. Five hours on a slow fire, there is no gas meter in my technologically backward home, so gas is unlimited. Before the special operation in the West, they thought that Russia was a gas station country, but now it turned out that Europe is a technological appendage of Russia.

For you Europeans, there is nothing else but propaganda. There is no mobilization in Russia, professionals and volunteers are fighting in Ukraine.

For you Russians, there is nothing else but propaganda, you don't even call war by its right name, even though you occupied 20% of the territory of a country and killed thousands of people whom you call Nazis because they defend their homes and lives. I know very well how LNG works and what has to be done for safety, but this is no ordinary operation - and as far as I'm concerned, you can burn all the gas you have if it makes you happy.

I am perfectly fine where I am now, and I will gladly pay any price if it is for a noble cause. In addition, most of the EU countries are on Russia's blacklist, so we are not welcome to try your hospitality, and as far as I can see, the Russians are fleeing to the west en masse because Putler is looking for new cannon fodder for the war.

This is cheap propaganda shit. Associated gas flaring is a common practice in oil production, and flaring is a common practice in LPG plants (this is a kind of safety valve, gas is flared so as not to poison all living things and so that there is no explosion threat). But in Europe, of course, asses are burning from this against the backdrop of a shortage of gas supplies and skyrocketing prices. It happens.

Move to live in Russia, we have gas and electricity at an affordable price. 

You should take a look at the prognostic models for the winter of 2022/23 and you will see that most of the models point to temperatures that will not be extremely low and that the warm autumn will last until November.

Of course, this does not fit into what would suit Russian politics and some kind of perverse feeling of satisfaction that Europeans are freezing while you burn tens of millions of dollars worth of gas every day that you do not want to sell to the Nazis in the West.

Most of these published pieces are slim on details. There isn't a narrative published on how we got here. Its portrayed as if this crisis happened virtually overnight. "No one could have predicted this disaster."

Even though I remember reading about water shortages in yemen 15 years ago.

I think the root of Europe's climate problem is the weakening of the Gulf Stream. The weakness of the warm current makes the climate less mild and more continental. If this version is workable, after an abnormally hot and dry summer, Europe will face a frosty and harsh winter.

Russia is burning an estimated $10 million worth of natural gas a day near its border with Finland, analysts say, even as it threatens to push Europe into a winter energy crisis by restricting exports to Germany and other countries.
State gas giant Gazprom is burning off, or "flaring," about 4.34 million cubic meters of gas a day at a new liquified natural gas (LNG) facility, according to analysis of heat levels and satellite data by Rystad Energy.

To address the issue. We must first defined and comprehend the issue. Somewhere along the way. It seems that people became thoroughly convinced they do not need to understand or define issues to solve them. And so the next few years will certainly be interesting. It will be interesting to see what solutions people come up with.

A lot of these extreme weather patterns are being experienced right now. Even us here in the tropics of the Far East usually begin our wet season from the end of May until November, but that shifted to mid-August until late February. Also, the storms that are brewing during the typhoon season are stronger on intensity compared to before. Europe on the other hand, seems to be combatting droights, something that I haven't read for a long time. This general trend on extreme weather patterns kept popping on a lot of countries, and I think it's no longer 'doom and gloom' but rather a harsh reality that is slowly creeping in before us. When you say 'drought in Europe' that is something that I can only read on literary classics. If it's happening now then that's a scary thing.

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Most of the mainstream media forget to mention that mostly western Europe was hit by the drought. The situation in eastern Europe isn't that catastrophic. The harvest in Europe is going to be bad and the food prices won't be going down anytime soon.

The drought in Europe is really bad, but the environmentalist "doom&gloom" propaganda is over the top.
Worst drought in 500 years? Who was measuring the levels of drought back in 1522? The Roman Catholic church?
Most of the mainstream media forget to mention that mostly western Europe was hit by the drought. The situation in eastern Europe isn't that catastrophic. The harvest in Europe is going to be bad and the food prices won't be going down anytime soon.
The "wars for water" might happen after 30 or 50 years. The next generation will be witnessing such wars, if we don't do anything about the subject.

However, this is not something that happened overnight, it is a process that has been going on for at least two decades, as long as I have been following climate change, although the situation with dry years and rising temperatures has intensified in the past 10 years. Considering the war and inflation, the drought could not have come at a worse time because food prices have risen even more.

The report warns that the dry spell will hit crop yields, spark wildfires, and may last several months more in some of Europe's southern regions.

While there are a few metrics and statistics cited here. Most of these published pieces are slim on details. There isn't a narrative published on how we got here. Its portrayed as if this crisis happened virtually overnight. "No one could have predicted this disaster." Even though I remember reading about water shortages in yemen 15 years ago.

There is a long list of events which led to this eventual outcome over the past 50 years. Which could be useful for learning purposes.
To address the issue. We must first defined and comprehend the issue. Somewhere along the way. It seems that people became thoroughly convinced they do not need to understand or define issues to solve them. And so the next few years will certainly be interesting. It will be interesting to see what solutions people come up with.

Two-thirds of Europe is under some sort of drought warning, in what is likely the worst such event in 500 years.

The latest report from the Global Drought Observatory says 47% of the continent is in "warning" conditions, meaning soil has dried up.

Another 17% is on alert - meaning vegetation "shows signs of stress".

The report warns that the dry spell will hit crop yields, spark wildfires, and may last several months more in some of Europe's southern regions.

Compared with the average of the previous five years, EU forecasts for harvest are down 16% for grain maize, 15% for soybeans and 12% for sunflowers.

The drought observatory is part of the European Commission's research wing. Responding to it, the Commission warned that preliminary data suggests "the current drought still appears to be the worst since at least 500 years".

The ongoing heatwave and water shortages have "created an unprecedented stress on water levels in the entire EU", Research Commissioner Mariya Gabriel said.

"We are currently noticing a wildfire season sensibly above the average and an important impact on crops production. Climate change is undoubtedly more noticeable every year," she added.

The report warned that nearly all of Europe's rivers have dried up to some extent.

Apart from the obvious impact on boats, dry rivers are also hitting the energy sector, which is already in crisis. Hydroelectric power has dropped by a significant 20%, according to the report.

A "severe drought" has been present in many places all year, but "has been further expanding and worsening as of early August" it says. The conditions are likely to last until at least November this year along the European Mediterranean.

The report warns that the situation is worsening in countries including Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Hungary, northern Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, Ireland and the UK.

The researchers' stark warning follows rapidly-sinking river levels across Europe which have exposed relics of the past - including so-called "hunger stones" warning of potential famine and the sunken remains of World War Two Nazi ships.

And in the UK, which had an official drought declared in several regions, some trees have turned an autumnal shade of auburn - in what's considered a "false autumn" due to the heat.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62648912