‘The water table is dropping all over the world’: NASA warns we’re on the path to global drought

[Muhammed]

Correlation =/= causation.

 

[Crick]

How the hell did ANYONE survive the Dust Bowl. Is this what we are paying this Government for? TO GO around and scare the shit out of us EVERY time we turn around. ? If so I call for DEFUNDING about half of them

people ADAPT. if not then you go the way of the dinosaurs

Stephanie, the Dust Bowl caused the largest migration in American history. Tens of thousands of Americans abandoned their homes and attempted to find better conditions elsewhere. Over 500,000 people were made homeless. And, I assure you, some people, some children, some elderly did NOT survive it.

"People adapt..." Jesus, besides being ignorant, you are one heartless bitch.

The Dust Bowl....was Global Warming, right?

No. Look it up. The droughts involved, however, might have been enabled or encouraged by the rather dramatic warming that had taken place in the prior 30 years or so.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

How the hell did ANYONE survive the Dust Bowl. Is this what we are paying this Government for? TO GO around and scare the shit out of us EVERY time we turn around. ? If so I call for DEFUNDING about half of them

people ADAPT. if not then you go the way of the dinosaurs

Stephanie, the Dust Bowl caused the largest migration in American history. Tens of thousands of Americans abandoned their homes and attempted to find better conditions elsewhere. Over 500,000 people were made homeless. And, I assure you, some people, some children, some elderly did NOT survive it.

"People adapt..." Jesus, besides being ignorant, you are one heartless bitch.

The Dust Bowl....was Global Warming, right?

No. Look it up. The droughts involved, however, might have been enabled or encouraged by the rather dramatic warming that had taken place in the prior 30 years or so.

Ohhh, dramatic warming.

From all the internal combustion engines in the late 1800's right?

Dramatic warming

 

[Stephanie]

stop letting these cult warmers brow beat you with their BS (every week it's something else) and especially their stupid name calling like: denier
THEY are the Minority and that's why they become more shrill and the sky is falling all the time

SNIP:

Only 45 percent of all Americans -- regardless of their political leanings -- believe that the Earth is warming
Poll: Majority of Americans Don’t Believe Human Activity is Causing Earth to Warm

poll that examines the ideological divide over global warming in the United States.

Only 45 percent of all Americans—regardless of their political leanings—believe that the Earth is warming and that the warming is caused mainly by human activity. This is a decline from 50 percent in 2006.

The remaining 55 percent either don’t know whether or not the Earth is warming or what is causing the warming, don’t believe the Earth is warming, or believe natural changes are the dominant determinants of any changes in the global climate.

Just 22 percent of Republicans—and only 15 percent of conservative leaning GOP members—believe human activity is causing the Earth to warm, compared to 46 percent of Independents and 64 percent of Democrats.

Among Catholics, 47 percent believe that any warming is caused by human activity, down from 53 percent in 2006. A sharp difference exists between Catholic Republicans (24 percent) and Catholic Democrats (62 percent) on this issue.

By age group, 36 percent of the 65+ cohort believe global warming is caused by humans, increasing slightly to 43 percent for the 50 to 64 age group, 47 percent for the 30 to 49 year olds, and a slim majority (54 percent) for those in the 18 to 29 year old bracket.

all of it here:
Truth Revolt

 

[Luddly Neddite]

How the hell did ANYONE survive the Dust Bowl. Is this what we are paying this Government for? TO GO around and scare the shit out of us EVERY time we turn around. ? If so I call for DEFUNDING about half of them

people ADAPT. if not then you go the way of the dinosaurs

Stephanie, the Dust Bowl caused the largest migration in American history. Tens of thousands of Americans abandoned their homes and attempted to find better conditions elsewhere. Over 500,000 people were made homeless. And, I assure you, some people, some children, some elderly did NOT survive it.

"People adapt..." Jesus, besides being ignorant, you are one heartless bitch.

And it resulted in the loss of much of our topsoil which, in turn leads to the loss of even more water.

We're already seeing people fight over water in other parts of the world as well as water shortages here. Recently, a poster here talk talked about how the shortage of water was impacting her life. Sorry, but I don't remember for sure who it was. Maybe Gracie

 

[Old Rocks]

stop letting these cult warmers brow beat you with their BS (every week it's something else) and especially their stupid name calling like: denier
THEY are the Minority and that's why they become more shrill and the sky is falling all the time

SNIP:

Only 45 percent of all Americans -- regardless of their political leanings -- believe that the Earth is warming
Poll: Majority of Americans Don’t Believe Human Activity is Causing Earth to Warm

poll that examines the ideological divide over global warming in the United States.

Only 45 percent of all Americans—regardless of their political leanings—believe that the Earth is warming and that the warming is caused mainly by human activity. This is a decline from 50 percent in 2006.

The remaining 55 percent either don’t know whether or not the Earth is warming or what is causing the warming, don’t believe the Earth is warming, or believe natural changes are the dominant determinants of any changes in the global climate.

Just 22 percent of Republicans—and only 15 percent of conservative leaning GOP members—believe human activity is causing the Earth to warm, compared to 46 percent of Independents and 64 percent of Democrats.

Among Catholics, 47 percent believe that any warming is caused by human activity, down from 53 percent in 2006. A sharp difference exists between Catholic Republicans (24 percent) and Catholic Democrats (62 percent) on this issue.

By age group, 36 percent of the 65+ cohort believe global warming is caused by humans, increasing slightly to 43 percent for the 50 to 64 age group, 47 percent for the 30 to 49 year olds, and a slim majority (54 percent) for those in the 18 to 29 year old bracket.

all of it here:
Truth Revolt

Ms. Stephanie, it is really sad to see the advance of senility among my peers in age.

However, among the scientists, people used to observing and judging the science behind any hypothesis, there is a very strong consensus that AGW is real, and a clear and present danger. As strong as the consensus on evolution.

 

[waltky]

Global groundwater map developed...

New Map Shows Earth's Stash of Groundwater
November 17, 2015 — The first map showing the world's hidden groundwater was published on Monday, bringing us closer to estimating how much there is, and when it will run out if we over-use the resource.

Using data and computer models, an international team of researchers estimated that less than six percent and perhaps as little as one percent of water found close to the Earth's surface is renewable in a human lifetime. "This has never been known before," Tom Gleeson of Canada's University of Victoria and the lead author of the study, said in a statement. "We already know that water levels in lots of aquifers are dropping. We're using our groundwater resources too fast - faster than they're being renewed." The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, estimated a total volume of underground water to be almost 23 million cubic kilometers, of which 0.35 million cubic kilometers is younger than 50 years old.

A girl drinks water from a faucet amid an acute shortage of clean drinking water in Sanaa, Yemen​

Underground water is found beneath the Earth's surface and is recharged by rain, snow or water that leaks from the bottom of lakes and rivers. Its age can be a few months to millions of years. It can be found as deep as 30,000 feet (around 9 km), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). "Since we now know how much groundwater is being depleted and how much there is, we will be able to estimate how long until we run out," Gleeson said. Although water found closer to the surface is being renewed quicker than the water found deeper in the Earth, it is more sensitive to contamination and climate change, but it can also serve to temper climate extremes, Gleeson said.

Water found deeper in the Earth is often used for agriculture and industry. It can contain arsenic or uranium and is often more salty than seawater, he added. "Groundwater can and should be thought of as a very useful buffer to climate extremes," Gleeson told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a phone interview from Canada. "If properly managed it flows to rivers during times of drought so it's a valuable and strategic resource for mitigating the extreme impacts of climate on water availability."

According to the study, most groundwater is found in tropical and mountainous regions, with some of the largest deposits in the Amazon Basin, the Congo, Indonesia and along the western borders of North and South America. Not surprisingly, the least amount is in arid regions such as the Sahara.

New Map Shows Earth's Stash of Groundwater