Hi Dantheman62,
There is one discussion about 'global warming' which says that global warming as such does not exist. However what seems to be happening are more extreme weather conditions, making the summer hotter and the winters colder.
I remember seeing a global warming protest which was held under some of the worst snowstorms in the US. Go figure.
A friend of mine who is studying botany told me that the tropical belt is widening. His team and him have discovered plants that were typically tropical in areas outside the traditional belt, suggesting that the belt is widening. That could explain the increase of rainfall in the Amazon.
Flooding in Brazil is nothing new. It's almost becoming an annual ritual down here. The problem is that there is nowhere for the water to drain as the drainage system and infrastructure is extremely inadequate, due to political reasons - the politicains prefer to build bridges rather than drains, as the bridge will always be seen, being above ground. The drains will be hidden and forgotten in no time.
In the Northeast of Brazil, there has been a drought for years, but hardly anybody cares. Also the Federal Government decided to re-route the Sâo Francisco river, which will also change weather patterns (this was done also in Russia years ago).
I think the weather will become more extreme as time goes by, I don't think we will fry because the Earth will get too hot, it could well be that we need to move around more so that we don't suffer too much drought nor flooding in the future. That will create problems.
Best regards,
Steve
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Originally Posted by Dantheman62
Amazon hit by climate chaos of floods, drought.
SAO PAULO – Across the Amazon basin, river dwellers are adding new floors to their stilt houses, trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 48 people and left 405,000 homeless.
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