• 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    The lack of snowpack in the US plus ocean temps that are already 6σ over historical averages are probably going to make for an “interesting” summer. As a result, I suspect crop failures are going to get a lot more coverage this year.

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      1 year ago

      This is the real scenario, right here. Everyone is so focused on increased disaster occurrences that it feels like this is invisible - until its not. Last summer Alberta was under drought conditions, and overall crop yields were 67% of the 5-yr average.

      Less and less snowpack means less and less water to deal with worse and worse drought conditions.