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'Megadrought' emerging in the western US might be worse than any in the last 1,200 years

Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:18 am
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
33967 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:18 am
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A severe drought that has engulfed the American Southwest since the year 2000 is likely to soon be the most severe drought since the 800s, according to a new study published in Science.

"This appears to be just the beginning of a more extreme trend toward megadrought as global warming continues," the authors wrote in the study.

A team of researchers from Columbia University conducted the study. They described the ongoing dry spell, which has helped intensify wildfire seasons and threatened water supplies for people and agriculture, as an "emerging megadrought," according to The New York Times.


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Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37584 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:20 am to
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global warming continues


We are back to this now?
Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
50376 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:21 am to
We had so little rain in March in New Orleans. It really hadn’t rained a significant amount in April either, until yesterday. Strange weather pattern.
Posted by OleWarSkuleAlum
Huntsville, AL
Member since Dec 2013
10293 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:21 am to
Global warming is debunked.
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
30625 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:21 am to
There are posters here with longer dry spells than that
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69221 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:26 am to
Meh, I'm Republican. Nothing weather related is real until it affects me directly.
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
74306 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:26 am to
Just look at the pic of the author of this article


Muh drought. Remember when you global warming tards said that Cali was in a drought then it rained
Posted by bakersman
Shreveport
Member since Apr 2011
5721 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:28 am to
quote:

A severe drought that has engulfed the American Southwest since the year 2000 is likely to soon be the most severe drought since the 800s, according to a new study published in Science.


How do they know this? We have zero recorded weather history In America of that time period.
Posted by TigerTabby
Member since Oct 2018
23 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:41 am to
Is there a way we could divert water across the country through a series of pipelines? Or would it be impossible?

It seems like there is always one place that is getting too much rain, and another too little.

I'm guessing this wouldn't be possible due to microorganisms in each waterway being different. Or the sheer volume of water needing to be moved.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
423506 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:43 am to
the major population centers of the Southwest (all the way to LA/SD) have always been funding their survival with fool's gold
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:44 am to
People like this just destroy their own credibility by calling “global warming” and not “climate change”.

The climate is changing. Fact. But it has always changed and we don’t know if humans are making it change at a more rapid pace or not.

This post was edited on 4/19/20 at 8:46 am
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
68241 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:48 am to
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Megadrought' emerging in the western US might be worse than any in the last 1,200 years



Oh great.


More models.
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
68382 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:53 am to
serious question: if a pipeline can be built for oil, why not build a water pipeline throughout the country?

move h2o where it is needed
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
42952 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 8:59 am to
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might be worse than any in the last 1,200 years

Did we have widespread, accurate rainfall measurements 1,200 years ago?
Posted by BestBanker
Member since Nov 2011
17494 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 9:04 am to
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This post was edited on 4/20/20 at 7:08 am
Posted by lsu13lsu
Member since Jan 2008
11488 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 9:06 am to
Like a virus, people will not take it seriously until it is too late. It has become too political for us to know what is true or false. And that is scary bc if we miss this we are screwed.
Posted by jnethe1
Pearland
Member since Dec 2012
16143 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 9:11 am to
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A severe drought that has engulfed the American Southwest since the year 2000 is likely to soon be the most severe drought since the 800s


So there was man made climate change in the 800’s?
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29665 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 9:11 am to
Columbia University needs to focus on their own East Coast theories. Plenty of irrigation infrastructure is setup in the Southwest.

Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
57827 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 9:12 am to
Eco watch.com? Lolol
Posted by Tigerstark
Parts unknown
Member since Aug 2011
5984 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 9:12 am to
quote:

severe drought that has engulfed the American Southwest since the year 2000 is likely to soon be the most severe drought since the 800s, according to a new study published in Science.


quote:

as global warming continues,


So, 1,200 years ago there was global warming, and then it disappeared, and now its back?

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