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okwithmydecay ( okwithmydecay@leminal.space )  to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 months ago

‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain

www.theguardian.com

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‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain

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okwithmydecay ( okwithmydecay@leminal.space )  to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 months ago
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A thatcher, gardener and others on keeping their business afloat in the bad weather – and their fears for the future
  • deadbeef79000 ( deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ) 
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    Almost as if the climate was changing.

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      Hold on whilst I find a historical weather period from a million years ago where this happened and the world didn’t end. (/denial)

      • Johnnyvibrant ( Johnnyvibrant@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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        The world won’t end…humankind’s ability to successfully live off it will do.

        A million years is pretty much unimaginable to a person, it’s nothing to the earth.

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          In the space of 20 years, China transformed an encroaching desert by building up a green wall that has managed to become green and lush with time and effort.

          I don’t mean to say that humans can turn around all that we’ve sown, but I do mean to stress that all the green wildlife will most likely be fine, and a few of us might be okay too

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            The big problem we have is there’s certain carbon stores that are likely to initiate a runaway greenhouse effect if we reach the tipping point that starts to release the like the Arctic tundra.

            The honest assessment is that we’re in the early stages of another mass extinction event, the discussion is whether it’ll be a Permian-end level mass extinction (95% of extant species) or Devonian-end level extinction (75% of extant species).

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            Where can i know more about that green wall? Do you know where is it located?

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              its on the edge of the Ghobi desert

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Green_Wall_(China)

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                Thanks!

                I’ve been looking into the area in google maps, and unfortunately for me, as i don’t have a way to compare the before and after, it looks like the success is minimal.

                I’m hopefully that the improvement continues.

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