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CleanTechnica reports
The "flash drought" that came out of nowhere this summer in the US High Plains, afflicting Montana and the Dakotas the worst, has already destroyed more than half of this year's wheat crop, going by some recent field surveys. Considering that the region is now one of the top wheat-growing regions in the world, the damage is very notable.
These so-called flash droughts are expected to become considerably more common over the coming decades as the climate continues warming and weather patterns continue changing.
[...] Something that's interesting to note here is that 2011, only 6 years back, was actually one of the wettest years on record in eastern Montana. Those sorts of rapid swings between extreme precipitation and flooding on the one hand, and extreme flash droughts on the other, are only going to become more common from here on out. Eventually, most of the agriculture in the region will have to cease.
Grist calls this a Cereal Killer.
(Score: 0, Troll) by jmorris on Thursday August 10 2017, @06:19PM (4 children)
You Warmers wonder why we yawn at the daily Doom! thread? Because you are worse than Zero Hedge in proclaiming Doom! daily and things failing to go boom. We don't care if you are lying or deluded anymore, we know you can be ignored so we stop the thought process there. If an unexpected calamity were underway one would expect the markets [bloomberg.com] would be reacting a bit stronger than that little July blip.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 10 2017, @07:35PM (1 child)
"If an unexpected calamity were underway one would expect the markets [bloomberg.com] would be reacting a bit stronger than that little July blip."
Because markets are known for acting rationally and not as a schizophrenic collection of random events. /s
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 11 2017, @12:21AM
They're better than panic stories in the media. And look at it this way, if there really is a nasty downturn in agricultural production about to happen, anyone in the know has plenty of opportunity to profit from that knowledge.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 10 2017, @09:21PM
I don't think you should be nodded troll, it is actually a good point about why some people remain as deniers. It isn't about the science, it is more about human nature. The more you beat someone over the head with something the more likely they'll just dig in with their stubbornes.
That said, Mr Freemarkets here is quite ignorantly blind. Faith in a broken system, would be funny if it wasn't causing so many problems.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Friday August 11 2017, @03:20PM
So, you're arguing against the scientists about science? Rather Trumpish, I'd say. You may be on the wrong site if you don't believe scientists or other professionals.
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