#Pflanzen verlieren ihre Widerstandskraft. In #Nordamerika, #Europa und #Asien sank zwischen 2001 und 2022 die Fähigkeit der Vegetation, #FlashDroughts zu überstehen, um bis zu 27 %.
Diese plötzlichen #Dürren werden durch steigende Temperaturen und #Lufttrockenheit verstärkt und haben dramatische Folgen für die #Ökosysteme. Besonders in #Wachstumsphasen reagieren Pflanzen schneller und stärker als bei langsamen Dürren.
Flash droughts intensified by rising temperatures pose a significant threat to global food security. To address this, we need resilient farming methods, climate-smart agriculture, early warning systems, and improved water security infrastructure.
Warming climate intensifies flash #droughts worldwide
Sudden, severe dry spells known as #flashdroughts are rising in intensity around the world, with a notable exception in mountainous Central Asia, where flash drought extent is shrinking.
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-climate-droughts-worldwide-tracks-critical.html
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...( https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109972629386382918 ,) a #WealthTax for the #SuperRich (#AbolishBillionaires,)* and mass home-building projects to adapt to #ClimateChange that entails prolonged heat periods, #FlashFloods, #FlashDroughts, and a significant increase in #hurricanes, even in regions that had so far been safe.
Of course, we as a race cannot afford anymore #wars either, and the mass-polution and environmental destruction they entail (look @ the #Gaza strip.)
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https://press.coop/@guardian/111447124429003870
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Yes, this is a drought year. Not only has it provided #FlashFloods, but also given rise to a new phenomenon, #FlashDroughts 1). A couple of days ago, someone wrote that there had been 8 major incidents in just 11 days.
Hongkong suffered the worst rain falls in more than a century and Thessaly, a north-eastern region of Greece, had to declare an emergency after almost two feet of rain fell within a very short time.
I know you need the rain, so I'm sending some moderate 🌧 ⛅️...
Faster Disaster:
Not only has humanity created a an anthropogenic #ClimateChange resulting in a #ClimateCrisis.
Humans have finally also to cause a significant #WeatherChange. But far from the idea of #WeatherControl, which has spooked the minds of scientists, the weather has been becoming more intense and more fast-changing:
Welcome to the new age of #FlashDroughts, #FlashFloods, and more severe #hurricanes through #hyperintensification.
