Searing heat in India today.
Max. recorded temp: 49.8°C
Many central regions of the country with above 40°C temperatures.
May tends to be the hottest month in India.
Source: India Meteorological Department #India#WxIndia
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The monsoon rains normally bring relief to the India subcontinent. Even though the monsoons are forecast for a timely arrival and expected to bring above normal rainfall this year, it will take a few more weeks for it to reach the central parts of India.
See the map below from the IMD for current progress (blue lines) and normal dates (red lines) of monsoon arrival across India.
Low clouds hang over the southern slopes of the Laguna Mountains as monsoonal moisture makes its way through the Southern California desert in September 2016. The solitary tree is a Pinyon Pine.
"n K-P, the consequences of #GlobalWarming and #ClimateChange are evident in the changing of the #monsoon season, which now falls at a time when the #strawberry cash crop, a speciality of Charsadda, is to be cultivated."
".. unusual rains .. destroyed approximately 80 per cent of the fruit’s crop, leaving farmers in a deplorable state... "
"The #IndianOcean basin, the fastest warming basin in the world, will see accelerated #warming at a rate of 1.7°C-3.8°C per century during 2020-2100, a new research paper has projected, warning that this will lead to an increase in severe weather events, prolonged marine heatwaves and extreme Indian Ocean Dipole events that will influence the #monsoon and #cyclone development."
Did you know that putting floating solar on only 10% of the surface of all the reservoirs that humans have built could provide 110% of the electricity that we now are producing? Well, now you do.
The #AngloSaxon capitalist model ruined earth for humanity and many other species. #BigOil has been its undertaker, b/c #BigOilKnew.
If capitalism hadn't made the #GreenRevolution possible, human society would already have reached the #overshoot (1) point at the end of the last century:
In 1968, the #biologists Paul and Anne #Ehrlich wrote the book The #PopulationBomb"...
One of my key threads. 😀
I really believe that this could solve a big part of the #ClimateCrisis, at least in regions with #AtmosphericRiver and #Monsoon conditions.
#ThrowbackThursday to September 2014 and a peaceful wander in the sand dunes, when monsoon clouds helped to keep the temperatures tolerable. A strong wind blew fine sand over the ridges. I love the subtle tones and colors of this moment.
I got quite excited about this photo, developed it to my liking, and then wondered how I missed it back then — only to find out that I had already picked a horizontal orientation version for my portfolio. 🤪
Human degradation of the #Amazon – by land clearance, fire, logging and mining – is pushing that system towards a tipping point, after which drier conditions would be expected to cause an abrupt “regime shift” in the rainforest, which would be unable to sustain itself and transport moisture."
#Rain!!! 2x in a week, and lasting more than half an hour now. It's cause for huge celebration. 🎉😃🎈 Could it be an actual piece of #Arizona#monsoon?? 🤞
🌧️ To balance all my whining about no rain, I must be sure to acknowledge 10 whole minutes of moderate shower this evening. Enough to dampen the ground and create a few puddles. Proverbial drop in the bucket, but since #Arizona had basically no #monsoon at all this year, every one of those drops counts. 💧 😍