Where’s the catastrophe? A warmer planet is better for life than a colder planet.
But please do keep sharing.
Your guide to manmade climate disasters in the world today
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But please do keep sharing.
ReinyDays
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Can we see these demonstrations ... with everything else the same, how does a one degree increase in temperature change weather? ...
Tommy Tainant
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Usual knucklehead reaction from people who are the underclass.
Frankeneinstein
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Your post seems to exonerate man-made climate change as there is absolutely no mention of it at all, which means that if we do not want our posts deleted or flagged, we cannot mention it either...I will update this thread most days as the earh dies screaming.
Lets start in Espana.
Scientists say extreme weather such as heatwaves and storms is becoming more intense as a result of the climate crisis.
At least 95 people dead in Spain’s worst floods in three decades
Soldiers aid search for dozens still missing as prime minister warns extreme weather may not be overwww.theguardian.com
51 dead in a sun parched area of Spain. Nothing to see here. Floods have become common place in Spain over the last few years. They are going to have to work out how to live with the results of climate breakdown,
A major worry is that this area provides much of our food. At the very least floods caused by climate change are inflationary. At worst 50 people die.
tommy when did Aesop start publishing the guardian?
Frankeneinstein
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TRANSLATION: "THAT'S WHY I USED THE WORD SCIENCE/SCIENTISTS...SO I WOULDN'T NEED NO STINKIN PROOF/EXAMPLE(S)"
I’m not seeing any climate catastrophes. You?
Sunsettommy
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Why are you projecting?
Where are the climate catastrophes, Tommy?
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‘Everything is gone’: Punjabi farmers suffer worst floods in three decades
Flooding in northern India and Pakistan has destroyed homes – and hundreds of thousands of acres of crops
Sat 6 Sep 2025 14.00 AEST
For days, farmers in the Indian state of Punjab watched the pounding monsoon rains fall and the rivers rise with mounting apprehension. By Wednesday, many woke to find their fears realised as the worst floods in more than three decades ravaged their farms and decimated their livelihoods.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of bright green rice paddies – due to be harvested imminently – as well as crops of cotton and sugar cane were left destroyed as they became fully submerged in more than five feet of muddy brown flood waters. The bodies of drowned cattle littered the ground. “The crops are ruined, and even our homes are in danger of collapsing,” said Parmpreet Singh, 52, a farmer from Ajnala in Amritsar district, Punjab. His family, including his elderly mother and two young children, were now living on the roof of their house to stay safe from the murky flood waters.
“My entire livelihood depends on my seven hectares of farmland, all of which has been destroyed by flood waters,” he said, despairing that his only option left would be to sell his land and abandon farming. “I had already invested most of my money into seeds and fertilisers for the previous crop. Now everything is gone.”...“I have never witnessed such devastation in my lifetime. Entire farmlands are submerged under water, now layered with mud and sand.”
India’s farmers have already faced mounting hardship, with millions saddled with high debts, low incomes and heavy crop losses in the face of increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather conditions brought on by the climate crisis.
“The government will make promises of relief, but the farmers will end up receiving nothing,” he said. “In the end, we are left to take care of ourselves.” Like many, he questioned the long-term viability of Indian agriculture, which employs half the country’s workforce and keeps food on the country’s tables.“I cannot imagine what is left for our future generations,” he said. “Floods and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, and the future does not look any better. If the farmers of Punjab – the food bowl of India – cannot even feed themselves, how will they feed others?”
This crisis has not been India’s alone. Across the border, in Pakistan’s agriculture-heavy province also called Punjab, the devastation caused by floods has been even more catastrophic, with almost 2 million people evacuated and about 4,000 villages submerged in flood waters. The two countries share several major rivers and the Indian government’s decision to release water from several heavily filled dams upstream has led to further flooding on both sides of the border in the geographical region of Punjab, prompting Pakistani officials to try to blame India for the disaster.
Such was the fury of the overflowing Ravi River, which runs through the border of India into Pakistan, that on Friday it ripped down 30km of iron fencing that forms the highly militarised border between the two conflicting neighbours, and forced India’s border security force soldiers to abandon dozens of their highly sensitive posts. Maratab Ali Gondal, a farmer from Mandi Bahauddin district in Pakistani Punjab, said the rising levels of the Chenab River, which also flows from India, had washed away 90 acres of his crops, including rice and sugar cane, causing losses of millions of rupees.
Gondal said he had spent the previous months begging local officials to build embankments along the river, which would protect farmland, but nothing had been done. “The water erosion has taken all of my land. There is flood water everywhere now. This is not the fault of India; it was [Pakistani] Punjab government negligence which swept away my farmland,” he said.
Flooding in northern India and Pakistan has destroyed homes – and hundreds of thousands of acres of crops
Sat 6 Sep 2025 14.00 AEST
For days, farmers in the Indian state of Punjab watched the pounding monsoon rains fall and the rivers rise with mounting apprehension. By Wednesday, many woke to find their fears realised as the worst floods in more than three decades ravaged their farms and decimated their livelihoods.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of bright green rice paddies – due to be harvested imminently – as well as crops of cotton and sugar cane were left destroyed as they became fully submerged in more than five feet of muddy brown flood waters. The bodies of drowned cattle littered the ground. “The crops are ruined, and even our homes are in danger of collapsing,” said Parmpreet Singh, 52, a farmer from Ajnala in Amritsar district, Punjab. His family, including his elderly mother and two young children, were now living on the roof of their house to stay safe from the murky flood waters.
“My entire livelihood depends on my seven hectares of farmland, all of which has been destroyed by flood waters,” he said, despairing that his only option left would be to sell his land and abandon farming. “I had already invested most of my money into seeds and fertilisers for the previous crop. Now everything is gone.”...“I have never witnessed such devastation in my lifetime. Entire farmlands are submerged under water, now layered with mud and sand.”
India’s farmers have already faced mounting hardship, with millions saddled with high debts, low incomes and heavy crop losses in the face of increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather conditions brought on by the climate crisis.
“The government will make promises of relief, but the farmers will end up receiving nothing,” he said. “In the end, we are left to take care of ourselves.” Like many, he questioned the long-term viability of Indian agriculture, which employs half the country’s workforce and keeps food on the country’s tables.“I cannot imagine what is left for our future generations,” he said. “Floods and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, and the future does not look any better. If the farmers of Punjab – the food bowl of India – cannot even feed themselves, how will they feed others?”
This crisis has not been India’s alone. Across the border, in Pakistan’s agriculture-heavy province also called Punjab, the devastation caused by floods has been even more catastrophic, with almost 2 million people evacuated and about 4,000 villages submerged in flood waters. The two countries share several major rivers and the Indian government’s decision to release water from several heavily filled dams upstream has led to further flooding on both sides of the border in the geographical region of Punjab, prompting Pakistani officials to try to blame India for the disaster.
Such was the fury of the overflowing Ravi River, which runs through the border of India into Pakistan, that on Friday it ripped down 30km of iron fencing that forms the highly militarised border between the two conflicting neighbours, and forced India’s border security force soldiers to abandon dozens of their highly sensitive posts. Maratab Ali Gondal, a farmer from Mandi Bahauddin district in Pakistani Punjab, said the rising levels of the Chenab River, which also flows from India, had washed away 90 acres of his crops, including rice and sugar cane, causing losses of millions of rupees.
Gondal said he had spent the previous months begging local officials to build embankments along the river, which would protect farmland, but nothing had been done. “The water erosion has taken all of my land. There is flood water everywhere now. This is not the fault of India; it was [Pakistani] Punjab government negligence which swept away my farmland,” he said.
Matted Joybeard
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No one likes broccoli anyways
As the United Kingdom continues to face above-average warmth and lengthy drought conditions, many farmers are sounding the alarm regarding lower yields of some dinner table staples.
What's happening?
The BBC reported that broccoli farmers throughout the U.K. are struggling to adjust to hot temperatures and poor growing conditions. This is in addition to a dramatic decrease in precipitation throughout many parts of the region, especially in England. As a result, yields have been cut by more than 50%.
According to Ben Andrews, owner of a mixed organic farm near Herefordshire, broccoli crops that do manage to grow are not quite what some shoppers would expect to see in the produce section. "You'll be looking at maybe not quite as much availability and maybe needing to accept smaller heads of broccoli or lettuce or cabbage," he explained to the BBC. While farmers remain confident that they will be able to grow enough to ensure that at least some of their produce reaches the stores, the unforgiving climate may have other plans. "I'm not sure quite about shelves being empty, but if this continues, it's not completely impossible," added Andrews.
Why is a prolonged drought in the UK important?
U.K. farmers have experienced less-than-ideal growing conditions throughout a large portion of the year. This summer has been marked by prolonged dry weather and record-breaking heat waves, particularly in June. In fact, this June was the warmest June in England in its recorded history.
This led to a significant depletion of water resources, including rivers, reservoirs, and groundwater levels. Several areas around the U.K. have officially been declared to be in drought, with many still experiencing prolonged dry weather conditions.
Jack Ward, director of the British Growers Association, noted the impact that the hot and dry summer has had on produce throughout the region. "In some areas, supplies of summer brassicas, cauliflowers, and cabbages are tight," Ward said, per the BBC. "Other root crops, carrots, and onions have been kept going by the use of irrigation, but there are serious concerns about water supplies if the lack of rain continues."...
As the United Kingdom continues to face above-average warmth and lengthy drought conditions, many farmers are sounding the alarm regarding lower yields of some dinner table staples.
What's happening?
The BBC reported that broccoli farmers throughout the U.K. are struggling to adjust to hot temperatures and poor growing conditions. This is in addition to a dramatic decrease in precipitation throughout many parts of the region, especially in England. As a result, yields have been cut by more than 50%.
According to Ben Andrews, owner of a mixed organic farm near Herefordshire, broccoli crops that do manage to grow are not quite what some shoppers would expect to see in the produce section. "You'll be looking at maybe not quite as much availability and maybe needing to accept smaller heads of broccoli or lettuce or cabbage," he explained to the BBC. While farmers remain confident that they will be able to grow enough to ensure that at least some of their produce reaches the stores, the unforgiving climate may have other plans. "I'm not sure quite about shelves being empty, but if this continues, it's not completely impossible," added Andrews.
Why is a prolonged drought in the UK important?
U.K. farmers have experienced less-than-ideal growing conditions throughout a large portion of the year. This summer has been marked by prolonged dry weather and record-breaking heat waves, particularly in June. In fact, this June was the warmest June in England in its recorded history.
This led to a significant depletion of water resources, including rivers, reservoirs, and groundwater levels. Several areas around the U.K. have officially been declared to be in drought, with many still experiencing prolonged dry weather conditions.
Jack Ward, director of the British Growers Association, noted the impact that the hot and dry summer has had on produce throughout the region. "In some areas, supplies of summer brassicas, cauliflowers, and cabbages are tight," Ward said, per the BBC. "Other root crops, carrots, and onions have been kept going by the use of irrigation, but there are serious concerns about water supplies if the lack of rain continues."...
ReinyDays
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Sounds like a lack of EU crop insurance ... if it's bad in the UK, it should be good in places like Poland, Greece and Spain ... Europe should be able to feed herself ...
EMH
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There is a reason why UK isn't as cold as it was during the times of Charles Dickens...
The tectonic fault at the center bottom of the Atlantic Ocean is growing, expanding. The angle of that fault between UK and Greenland documents precisely what causes Earth climate change and why. That fault is pushing Greenland NW and UK/Europe SE, has for tens of millions of years. That is why all glaciers in Europe are melting, very slowly. They have been melting for 10s of millions of years. On the flip side, Greenland was all green from top to bottom 2 million years ago. When the top of northern Greenland got to within 600 miles of an Earth pole, the annual snowfall ceased to fully melt during "summer," and hence started to stack, creating today's Greenland Ice Age, which oh by the way has 100 fold more ice than UK + Europe summed together...
Matted Joybeard
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More people, less food. What's the problem(s)?
Concerned American
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Climate change, LOL. Worst floods in Spain in 30 years ROTFLMFAO, a blink in the history of the earth. Weather forcasters are wringing their hands in despair because the hurricane season is winding down with NO major storms making landfall. Try again, Taint.
Not a fan of Darwinism?
PeanutGallery
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Do you plan on doing something to help alleviate the problem?
jc456
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it is amazing the nonsense a demofk posts. wtf is this? Script repeated by the mockingbird.^^^^^^^^^^
jc456
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you shop at the wrong store?
Matted Joybeard
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Love watching farmers go out of business, or my public services shrink or debt increase to bail them out and/or have more of paycheck consumed by inflated food prices.
Or we can say it's all fake, or that insurance grows food, or that broccoli should have evolved harder or faster or that one person should have the power to "do something" to fix it all.
Or we can say it's all fake, or that insurance grows food, or that broccoli should have evolved harder or faster or that one person should have the power to "do something" to fix it all.
Yes, he's going to post vigorously on an anonymous message board!
