Changes in #Earth'sorbit triggered ancient #climatechange and #megadroughts

https://www.earth.com/news/shifts-in-earths-orbit-triggered-ancient-megadroughts/

We used a morphological approach to identify #megadroughts globally over the past 40 years and applied plant-greenness indices to determine the impacts on vegetation. Megadroughts are increasing in frequency, area and intensity on the global scale. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado4245

[Short film]: #Megadroughts and #IndigenousVoices

"The Southwestern United States is experiencing a megadrought, but this isn’t the first time people have survived one in the region. By highlighting ideas and practices from #Navajo tradition, this story by Native Outdoors of Colorado Plateau re-centers our relationship to water."

Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4rNcEnPk9Q&list=PLtiOgIRVt407KkUa7gtlkGIuTD5YU6bqT&index=7

#IndigenousKnowledge
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #ClimateChange #Dineh #Diné #WaterIsLife #IndigenousHistory #ClimateChangeSolutions
#PublicTelevision #WGBH #FilmSeries #LegacyOfTheLand #ClimateChange #ChangingClimate #IndigenousFilmmakers #NOVA #ClimateChange #TraditionalKnowledge #TEK #SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalGardening #NativeAmericanGardening

#ClimateChange is a #humanrights issue
Well documented that runaway #carbondioxide, #deforestation, resource depletion and the acidification of the #oceans have contributed to increased #heatwaves and #megadroughts, more frequent and violent storms and unseasonable precipitation.
Simply put climate change poses clear threats to human life by exacerbating “existing medical conditions such as cardiovascular, respiratory and kidney conditions or mental illnesses and stress.”
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-a-human-rights-issue-228156

New #climate modelling suggests Australians should be preparing for the possibility of #megadroughts lasting more than 20 years.
#climatechange #globalwarming
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/more-megadrought-warnings-climate-change-australia/103661658

"#Australia could soon see #megadroughts that last for more than 20 years, according to new modelling from The Australian National University (ANU) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes."

But wait, there's more:

"The researchers' bleak findings are before factoring in human impact on the climate since the Industrial Revolution."

https://www.miragenews.com/australia-braces-for-decades-long-megadroughts-1206791/

#Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene:

"Exceptional drought events, known as megadroughts, have occurred on every continent outside Antarctica over the past ~2,000 years, causing major ecological and societal disturbances" 👇

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00329-1