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[-] MadBabs@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Told you so - Earth's climate scientists

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Why does it seem that the people that believe in climate change are the lesser of the population when it's right in front of everyone's face? It's like a play by play of things we were told in school. It's like a crash in slow motion that you can't stop.

[-] Dmian@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Because the ones in power make a lot of money from the way things work, so they’re constantly convincing most of the people that there’s nothing wrong with the way things are going.

[-] Darkard@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Rich people LOVE disasters like floods and war and all that shit.

Destruction drives production.

All those destroyed things need to be built/bought again. Insurance premiums can go up. Lucrative government contracts to "fix" the problem.

Look at all the millions spent on flood defences that didn't work or were overwhelmed. Ah shit, guess you will just have to buy some more eh?

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You know what there won't be more of - flood defences. Nor funding for the NHS or fire departments, and even social services, that are going to have to deal with the aftermath.

Though I bet ~~Richi~~ Rishi has some friends in the sandbag industry that are about to make a killing (in contracts, and then literally, when they fail to actually fulfil them)..

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A sequence of storms this autumn and winter – Babet, Ciarán, Debi, Elin, Fergus and Gerrit – have turned Britain into “a sopping wet sponge”, as the Reading University researcher put it.

More than 1,000 homes in England were flooded and some villages totally cut off, with Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire worst affected.

Marshes, bogs and fens act like giant sponges, soaking up vast amounts of rainwater during wetter months and releasing it during drier periods.”

“Continued human-induced climate warming in future is likely to result in further increases in peak river flows, which will cause more severe flooding and impacts on people, property and public services,” said Steve Turner of the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

“We now need to be thinking about the systemic risks to our communities and economy and act to build resilience to these kinds of floods by accepting and adapting with the new normal of climate change.”

Trevor Hoey, professor of river science at Brunel University London, added: “There are parallels here with the national response to Covid-19.


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