Disruption in water cycle threatens the Earth | DW News

According to the European Commission, the current drought could be the worst "for at least 500 years." Large swaths of the continent are now in a state of drought alert or drought warning.
Rising temperatures and extreme heat have left countries around the world parched. From China to the United States and Mexico to Kenya, drought has taken hold.
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[@CyclingSteve]

A major waste of water that isn't talked about much is rainwater being channelled into sewers, it just ends up pouring into the sea and in many cases overwhelms treatment plants causing raw sewage emergency discharges. A better way to handle rainwater is storage and slow release into the ground, this can be achieved with simple ponds and swales or on larger scales with tanks or lagoons. Rainwater allowed to soak away makes it's way to groundwater and aquifers after filtering through soil, this can then be extracted with wells and boreholes. These simple techniques are already in use around the world and proven to work.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Whoever owns the most Water Rights will become the most powerful. I just watched another documentary about that subject.

[@Marc_Gagne]

How do you maximize profit? If there's no money to be made why bother?

[@LethiuxX]

You make some great points there. Communities will always need to make up for the failure of how their tax money is diverted. Unfortunately idealism runs the world, and usually greed has a heavy hand in it.

[@will8156]

There is considerable cost savings for municipalities to reduce rain / ground water heading to the treatment plants. Inflow and Infiltration reduction measures and Road / boulevard designs with fewer non-permeable surfaces has been pushed into design for years now in Canada. It is hard to change existing infrastructure especially in old cities, which will be a real challenge.

[@CyclingSteve]

@@Marc_Gagne it supports agriculture and buildings don't subside due to shrinkage in clay soils. Sometimes profits aren't derived directly.

[@stevenswithav]

What amazes me is I am hearing only about the people dependant on the water. But there is an entire ecosystem of plants and animals dependant on water which if they perish, makes me wonder what humans will do for food

[@kurumi6380]

💀

[@jrzzrj]

Yep, it's time to really be concerned. These draught conditions can't be reversed any time soon. Many will suffer as food shortages start everywhere (USA included).

[@valethewolf49]

​@@jrzzrj I was just pondering this yesterday. With drought and high temperatures, floods, and fires.... What is 2023's and 2024's food supply going to look like? Is Humanities time coming to an end? We have been on this Planet for thousands of years, We've had thousands of years of chances... and We as a species still have not got it right.

[@votpavel]

most of them dont care about animals, and when animals are gone they still wont care about it

[@davidjung6032]

Similar thoughts, I made a search like two days ago, wondering how long can earthworms survive a drought. 🙁 Food crisis for all inhabitants of the earth.

[@PhilGregoryFX]

You should stop comparing everything to olympic swimming pools, as it is a very overused comparison which is actually not that great for the listener as several million olympic swimming pools just means a lot of water. You should compare the water to large water sources like lakes etc and that way we would have a better understanding of how much water you are referring to.

[@into_the_void]

It's Euro/American centric channel... What do you expect 😉

[@jimmyjohn8008]

Will 90 million swimming pools cover the mountainous state of Kentucky with a foot of water, like how they compare volume of water held in Lake Mead. But if check the conversation an 2 acre feet is one Olympic size swimming pool.

[@fenrirgg]

Yes. I suggest the lake Colina to serve as example because it's the lake I know 🤔

[@gabriellang7998]

@@into_the_void I'm European and I have no idea how much water is there in olympic swimming pool. I don't recall any tv relation from olympics starting with that info "btw, olimpic swimming pools contain XX cubic metres of water".

[@tessellatiaartilery8197]

It isn't such a bad comparison unit to use. Many people have seen such a swimming pool on TV or real life and sense the scale from seeing the size of humans in/next to it. It is used an alternative to listeners feeling overwhelmed and non informed by huge numbers of liters they rarely see or measure close up.

[@peterhagan8454]

too little way late, you have been told from the 60s you had 6 decades to sort your sh$t out and look where were at

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

You say "you" as if that doesn't mean you as well.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Well, I'm in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness area. I'm celebrating being able to breathe without Wildfire smoke, today.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

@@WouldntULikeToKnow. Seriously? Did Kindergarten get out early today?

[@grahammurphy1178]

If the Indians treated the "Sacred Ganges" and other rivers they have like the sacred and holy rivers they claim they are instead of constantly dumping raw sewage industrial waste plastic and other contaminants and dead human bodies into them maybe they'd have a lot more access to drinking water!

[@princesschanel469]

@@WouldntULikeToKnow. it doesn't. I was born in 2004.

[@Marc_Gagne]

The main advantage of being ultrarich is that you can watch the world die for a longer period of time.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

That's so true. I always say if anyone uses Nuclear weapons on the USA, I hope I go in the first blast.

[@lostinbravado]

No, it's that you can physically build your way around whatever challenge Climate Change brings and survive through it. Climate Change is an engineering problem. If you think "we're all in this together and we're all dead in the end" then you're mislead. We are no all in this together. Richer (especially regarding water) nations are playing under different rules.

[@generalmartok3990]

Eventually, the "little people" will want a piece of the mansion. I just hope we still have live TV when that day comes.

[@sertaki]

@@lostinbravado There is non-zero probability of extinction, not just extreme challanges. If the climate really goes haywire to an extreme degree (we may absolutely have missed a number of tipping points), a scenario is absolutely possible in which the survival of the human species in general is made impossible.

[@Damremont18]

@@sertaki sorry. Don’t mean to be a pedant, but non and zero are both negative so you’ve stated that there is is an absolute probability of extinction. In any case the world’s engineers and climate scientist have determined that carbon capture is the way forward and there are a large number of carbon capture projects around which may initiate a draw down of the parts per million of co2 in the atmosphere. We need all hands on deck for this effort and it’s a real shame that Russia decided to invade another country in a mistaken notion that such a move would be a positive action toward recreating Russia’s glory days. A move that obscures the need to attend to a massive methane release in the Russian tundra.

[@sabine8419]

So many band aid solutions, that will not lead to lasting restoration of the world wide natural water cycle. Restoring the water cycle and degraded environment needs to be the priority, and is the only long term solution.

[@deanfowles3707]

look up solar geoengineering. thats our last hope. we need to pressure the governments of the world to do that

[@CrakenFlux]

There is no long term solution save lower the population numbers in a hurry. multiple positive feedback cycles have been set into operation and those cannot be reversed and potentiate each other.

[@deanfowles3707]

@@CrakenFlux thats why we will have to do solar geoengineering and hope for the best.

[@robinsss]

the water cycle has never been interrupted rain has continued to fall over the world

[@robinsss]

@@deanfowles3707 just seed the clouds in drought areas twice a week

[@Horatiuy]

We need to stop wasting money on wars and invest that money into systems that are sustainable for the future.

[@jrzzrj]

From day one (Cain kills his brother Abel), men have been waring with one another. It seems to be part of our inborn nature. Sad but true.

[@Horatiuy]

@@jrzzrj Yet murderers never achieve enlightenment and Gods sends us people who protect the Earth from them.

[@therange4033]

This is awful. It's like watching a movie in slow motion. Takes time but the ending is still sad.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

I'm glad it's fiction.

[@AB-hq1ye]

Soon we All hope for an fast and easy way out , instead of an mass suffering for us first worldlers . They already preparing those everlasting Sunblasts at 4am . Isnt it a shiny future we are straying into :)

[@therange4033]

@@AB-hq1ye We are not First Worlders. MANY have come before us and gone, many times over.

[@Riggoten]

@@buildmotosykletist1987 explain yourself or leave the theater.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@Riggoten : I suggest a remedial literacy course.

[@otashigo]

Here in Colombia we have a plant which collects water from the air and deposits it in the soil, It's called frailejón and could be used in high altitude places like tibet in order not to depend too much on glaciars. Tho it is a pretty delicate plant and takes a lot of time to grow.

[@Stephen_Jabs]

That is applicable only to some areas but in countries which have high humidity thats impossible

[@deanfowles3707]

look up solar geoengineering. thats our last hope. thats what we need to pressure the governments of the world to do

[@nenmaster5218]

@@deanfowles3707 HOW and WHY the Water-Cycle is disrupted (Spoiler: Rich-People screwed-us-over) was covered, alongside what you can do, by 'Some More News' in his videos about Water, Droughts and Worker-Rights. Excellent Videos.

[@deanfowles3707]

@@nenmaster5218 hmmm yeah, still need to solar geoengineer though.

[@jrzzrj]

So, one could die of thirst waiting for these plants to grow and give water!

[@stopato5772]

Ground water in our region in Hessen Germany has been dropping for years. Now the forests are suffering in large numbers

[@dasja9966]

I think i saw a documentary on DW youtube channel about this subject. Pretty grim as is, but seems like the negative effects of water extraction will spiral out of control within 10 years. Scary.

[@grip2617]

Do something about it!

[@Aussie-Mocha]

Trillions are being spent globally on military equipment to “defend lands and resources”, yet we don’t invest in productive water storage and management to secure the jobs and growth of the agricultural sector. Too many countries have money driven government or leaders who are only interested in where the next profit will come from.

[@Snarkonymous]

Wouldn't it be wiser to channel that money into stopping the climate crisis that is causing it?

[@tealnexttimebond8859]

Agree 1 million percent

[@Aussie-Mocha]

@@Snarkonymous Yes! But the overall climate change is inevitable. We should be looking at convention of sea water in to irrigation for crops so that regular fresh water ways can feed the natural environments surrounding them. Gosh . There is so much we could do . 🤯 But here we are , fighting over who can control access to oil , gass and precious resources. Need more Elites whit ambitions to improve the “investment on environment” in power, instead of the ones that are just there to gain more fame and fortune.

[@Snarkonymous]

@@Aussie-Mocha I very much agree. We on this earth fight over all the wrong things.

[@Aussie-Mocha]

@@Snarkonymous excuse the typos. 🤦‍♂️😅 Corrected it

[@maestoso47]

Maybe people should have heeded the much discussed warnings from years prior. Now we all suffer.

[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

I'm afraid we're screwed. Half the world population around the equator will literally be cooked if they don't relocate. Four billion people moving north will alter demographics in Asia, North America and Europe on a devastating scale because the hosting areas simply will not have the resources to support such a rise in population.

[@Rnankn]

Water cannot be sustainable if its use is growing logarithmically, as happens with economic growth. This is just a quantitative truth economists refuse to acknowledge. It invaidates their paradigm. I was quite shocked to realize that the continental rivers that bring life to our lands usually begin as glacier run off, and accumulated snow packs on the mountains. Our water system is a one time draw down from the remnants of the ice age - and we are squandering it to drive car and fly jets. The interior of our continents will become desserts in short order, and perhaps the real tragedy is to the wild species who must be panicked and confused as they die of dehydration. The speed of climate change because it occurs from industrial emissions is correlated with the rate of economic growth. Plants and animals rely on adaption through evolution which takes many generations. Those that cannot adapt have to ranger north, and higher, despite habitat loss as well. This is an abysmal failure of humanity as self-appointed custodians, and it is because the capital of the wealthy compounds, while the desperation of poverty drives further capital expansion. We have quite literally reached the limits of growth. Water is going to be more valuable than dollars.

[@mollflanders9314]

💥👍👏You said it all.

[@oliviachipperfield6029]

💯

[@cristinataliani5619]

We live on an overpopulated and overconsumed planet--nature will strike back against Homo sapiens without any mercy!!!!

[@5353Jumper]

To make it worse, in the natural cycles of the natural climate we are supposed to be cooling. We are supposed to be regrowing the glacial snow pack for the next thousand years or so. But at the peak heat of the natural cycle we started messing with the atmosphere and other natural systems on a large scale. So for a few decades late 1800's early 1900's we saw some natural cooling, then suddenly it started unnaturally warming. Glacier snow pack started to regrow, then suddenly started melting faster than ever. We picked the worst time in the cycle to start f-ing things up. So we are going to have severe consequences. Pisses me off whenever one of these "Milankovitch cycles" human climate change deniers says climate change happens all the time and humans are not causing it to obstruct some movement away from fossil fuels. Because there scientists who proved the Milankovitch cycles with thousands of different experiments and millions of hours of research - ARE THE SAME ONES SCREAMING ABOUT THE DANGER OF HUMAN CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE FOR THE LAST FEW DECADES IT SEEMS WE HAVE BROKEN THE NATURAL CYCLE. The Earth is supposed to be cooling and these glaciers are supposed to be growing, so everything you have heard about "global warming leading to shrinking glaciers" is actually twice as bad as it sounds.

[@noelduffey2395]

" Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will resent it's absence ". Immortan Joe

[@lazarus1672]

Lots of people in the comments still don't get it. If we got our act together collectively we'd be lucky to get out of this. The stupidity and short sightedness of so many is what will ultimately end us on this planet.

[@DennisMoore664]

Stupidity, short sightedness and jingoism. It's the need for some to be aggressive authoritarians about their stupidity and short sightedness that I suspect will be our downfall.

[@marcsimard2723]

You can’t even get them to wear a bloody mask…

[@jrzzrj]

I think you're on to something!

[@lazarus1672]

@@jrzzrj lol

[@robinsss]

what would end the planet?

[@user-tw9io9nz2m]

The ‘magic water machine’ does not make water for free. It takes a lot of electricity or fuel to run it. It’s basically a huge AC unit with an antibacterial filter. If there is infrastructure (roads, pipes), transporting water is definitely cheaper. But in these areas this may be their only option. Expensive water, everyone should have access to a reasonable amount of clean, affordable water. In my opinion we should charge a lot more for water usage that goes beyond a certain threshold per month.

[@peanucklevantura1664]

I looked into this to run a small farm. Insane amount of energy. At our rates it’s $1.50 a litre. 1000L is $1500 in electricity.

[@jonesey65244]

Yeah, when he said, "once the system is installed, the water is free," I about sprained my neck shaking my head in amazement at such an ignorant statement.

[@studyonline4763]

Indeed, yes. Perhaps we might have to use the available electrical power for life-priority activities such as these machines rather than lighting the city's business/red light districts

[@newthian1783]

so a huge dehumidifer? there is a scam like this in kickstarter. free water from air lol

[@user-tw9io9nz2m]

@@newthian1783 it’s not that it doesn’t work, it just takes a lot of energy

[@tomhools1605]

reduce: flying, eating meat, excessive buying, and make city transport free for starters.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Quit single use plastics and be kinder to our neighbors. 😊 Also, stop having babies and get a cat, instead. Cats are good for Humans.

[@tomhools1605]

@@Diana1000Smiles mockery won't help anyone

[@bwise609]

The earth is fine its the people that have the problem

[@jollyjokress3852]

the other animal species have an even greater problem. You see, a lot died of thirst already. - humans will take what is left first. - and I loathe that.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Such wisdom. 😊

[@jollyjokress3852]

@@danielsinventions5718 yes, I altered my comment already after I realized my mistake ;)

[@rickh3714]

Not in accordance with the observable facts. Noticeable beginnings of what is resulting in a likely total flora/fauna shift. IF you actually live in an area on cusp of climate change. Desert in areas that were tropical, tropical in areas that were temperate, temperate in areas that were Arctic. Martian in areas that were desert? Half of NZ's Nelson area just fell down the hills in that usually mild, semi subtropical region during an effectively 'Monsoonal' level rain funnel from the tropics. I've seen Australian levels of drought too at times in some areas. NZ bush and scrub Fires being much more intense with 6 to 9 monsoon bucket carrying Helicopters often required in areas that were normally put out by 2 to 4. The native animals/plants largely die out under such conditions and invasives like Pampas grass, Cape Tulip and Australian parrots & Plague skinks take over. Dumbo human's reaction is to plant imported pines which stuff up the hydrology and cause more slips, removing humus and substrate from precarious remains of native undergrowth and scrub. Unthought out 'Carbon credit guilt' often leads to Ecocide. Intelligence is needed in suitable reforestation and planting. But it's likely far too late for many areas. Animals can't necessarily escape to different, more climactically suitable areas if they are bounded in by mountains, ravines, flooded rivers or are on a smaller island with little variety of biotopes.

[@LethiuxX]

@@rickh3714 Good comment.

[@8cupsCoffee]

The suffering is so immense, it's hard to witness. I don't want to turn away but in my mind I often do. I can't bear to watch.

[@EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME]

I know people have been saying this since time began but we are now witnessing the beginning of the end. We will have nothing to look forward to except decline and hardship. The good times are behind us.

[@arnold1859]

and we'll all be dead and buried before the "end" gets here. Enjoy life while you can. Just don't procreate. Those lifes will be miserable.

[@mollflanders9314]

Can't help but feel the same way. It's why I like to watch old movies. Must be nice to only have to worry about Depressions, World Wars and atomic bombs😞

[@deanfowles3707]

we will have to solar geoengineer.

[@deanfowles3707]

ok look up solar geoengineering. thats our last hope. thats what we need to pressure the governments of the world to do

[@leonardgibney2997]

What produces rain is the mixing of air masses of different temperatures. There isn't air cold enough in many places to create convection causing rain. I haven't seen a decent thunderstorm in years yet where l live used to get several every summer.

[@Coldpines28]

The end has only just begun, good luck everyone war, viruses, famine, drought. Our filter event is a collection of our greatest failures and our inability to address them all

[@jollyjokress3852]

lol why do you mention virus. it is a boring little thing.

[@tanveerhasan2382]

Sad

[@jsnel9185]

@@jollyjokress3852 clueless much?

[@Diana1000Smiles]

@@jollyjokress3852 Viruses are not so little, especially with 8 billion Humans on the Planet.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

@@jsnel9185 Some Humans still believe they own Land. Mother Earth disagrees. ✌

[@levmoses742]

Grey water is a resource that can be easily implemented and would help us so much!! Every county and state could be paying homeowners to put them in. If only we didn’t need to monetize everything. Humans 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@vicariouswitness]

Exactly …. Take care always

[@LiLBitsDK]

but right now my country is demanding people remove their "soak in, water solutions" and get "on the grid" so they can tax it and dump the "cleaned" water into the oceans... it's much better to have such stuff soak into the ground while the soil cleans it on it's way down to the ground water.

[@nenmaster5218]

@@LiLBitsDK HOW and WHY the Water-Cycle is disrupted (Spoiler: Rich-People screwed-us-over) was covered, alongside what you can do, by 'Some More News' in his videos about Water, Droughts and Worker-Rights.

[@grantbablitz9835]

In some villages in Somalia the water holes were the only place that trees grow and therefore permanently contaminated by people defacating behind the bushes. Since I had been hired in 1998 to fire the armed Somali gunmenin who had ridden with me on two other missions. I suggested to my MSF Spain bosses that we plant forests of foraging and firewood away from the water holes. The gunmen could be reemployed as tree planters and educators and there could also be latrines. Most importantly away from the watering hole. When I proposed the idea to my bosses an American and Spaniard they brushed me off. Saying "we are a medical organization we don't do tree planting". Both were medically trained intelligence operatives at the service of the pharmaceutical industrial military complex which NGO'S have become an integral part. Both had connections to the Nicaraguan Contra war as well.

[@nowistime8070]

im 47. they have been saying the same things for most of my life. since I was 11. so now here we are and nothing has changed except the Earth is keeping her end of the bargain

[@ljbembrnt]

When it happened in Africa, no comment When it started happening in Europe, it's the world's problem

[@wafflingmean4477]

Hopefully this will seriously hit corporate profits around the world. The only thing that will motivate any serious government policy to tackle climate change is losing money. Corporations own our governments and they do not care in the slightest if their policies kill people. Only money will sway them.

[@mariegarcia2856]

We have to do our part

[@andreasflicke1094]

Sure, "hopefully", to make sure that countries cannot invest in green energy anymore. Blind individual.

[@MrIvanovich77]

Corporations are acting through support to right wing movements, fascism and deregulation of labor and environmental laws worldwide. Thwy don't need the vast majority of us. As a matter of fact, they believe the vast majority of human population should die.

[@VioletSkye19]

I hope this sort of discussions, reports, documentaries, will hammer home to people that they HAVE to use water as sparingly as they can. That if the drought is in another country, it will still affect ALL OF US & to act on that, not just shake your head & walk away & think how sad it is. There’s a well known saying, of which the gist is ‘The sins of our fathers’ meaning that future generations will pay for the current ones, and we’re seeing that start to hit home. My Dad was a very intelligent man, well read & watched, but he was of a generation that thought global warming was just ridiculous and that everything would be fine, but for once he was very VERY wrong, and damned that I wish that wasn’t the case. My Mums not as well read etc, but she’s still from that generation and she won’t budge. Please please let us all be better than them, we can still change this, or even just halt the progression of it while scientists look for ways to change our futures, ALL of our futures. You know what REALLY BREAKS MY HEART? The animals, and the people in poor countries. Its our fault and they’re paying for it right now, not some over exaggeration of the future, now!

[@TheSunflowerGalaxy]

Much water is wasted in areas such as golf courses, especially golf courses in Arid regions (e.g. Arizona, US). Water is also wasted where crops are grown in areas where the plant is not native, or too arid for plants to normally grow. For example, almond orchards in southern California, US. These farmers take extra water from lowering reservoirs that would otherwise go to the cities. Golf courses should be banned in drought prone areas, and those with drough sensitive crops should move to either a drought tolerant crop or plant elsewhere.

[@robinsss]

@@TheSunflowerGalaxy just seed the clouds in drought areas twice a week this would bring normal levels of rain fall then the farmers would get most of the water they need from rain the rest of the population could get their water from desalination

[@tadblackington1676]

The water cycle is becoming more erratic with greater droughts and floods. We need to pursue a strategy of rain water harvesting because the same structures and strategies that deal with drought also defend against flooding.

[@claudermiller]

I still have my 1870s cistern. I don't use it but it collects rainwater then allows to percolate into the ground and eventually the aquifer my county uses to get drinking water.

[@twostop6895]

stop the carbon use, too much carbon in the atmosphere

[@robinsss]

just seed the clouds in drought areas twice a week this would bring normal levels of rain fall

[@sri9959]

India needs to capture the rain water from monsoon with small check dams, small farm ponds, small scale projects as the quantity of rain water is same but erratic...for ex Bengal has huge number of small ponds for every acre of land. Rayalasaeema region of Andhra, Telangana has atleast 50 to 100 acre lakes in each village that support farming which was done during vijayanagara 15th century, kakateeya 14th century period. This kind of policy change should come...

[@robinsss]

i don't see why they should collect rain water India has a huge river called the Ganges just divert some water from that into a man made lake use it as a reservoir for drinking water

[@sri9959]

@@robinsss the ganges water already being diverted through canal system, most of this water is through glacier melts. The flood is so heavy, it requires great amount of money,time and land. But the small lakes size 50 to 100 acres are easy to build, maintain with less money and time and well suits for monsoon water catchment

[@pr0fess0rbadass]

Nestle is an evil empire.

[@raymondyegon5470]

Polluters are reaping what they saw, we thank God for shielding Africa from this drought. G 7 leaders always fight any initiative to address climate change, let them drink smoke from their industries.

[@generalmartok3990]

If only that were true. It's mostly poor people with a low-impact subsistence lifestyle that are being impacted. The captains of industry are just fine. They pay lip service via things like "offsetting carbon" just so the little people will stop interrupting their comfortable lifestyles.

[@c.7361]

Completely true!

[@Xx-po1fu]

Africa isn't shielded from the drought, more than 18 million people are experiencing extreme hunger in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya due to conditions brought on by the drought.

[@Sam5D]

SMH most developing nations will suffer the worst

[@KevinInPhoenix]

Collecting water from the air is very expensive due to the electricity required. The process is just like a giant dehumidifier and would need to run all the time to collect meaningful amounts of water. The collected water would also need minerals added to it for taste and health. It is probably the most expensive way to collect water.

[@CaptianMoePedro]

Another downside I see is the water we drink had dissolved minerals and salts that we actually do require naturally in our bodies and if it is being pulled from moisture in the air those salts are not naturally present and must be added. Otherwise you mess with the electrolyte balance in your body. As an environmental scientist, I can tell you that there is no easy solution. It's going to require hard decisions to be made by people capable of them so those of us who are not capable, can continue to have a future on this earth.

[@mollflanders9314]

@SecretAsianMan. We are going to have to limit our reproduction. Nobody wants to hear that, but it has to be said. We are doomed if we keep overbreeding the planet's capacity to support us.

[@mollflanders9314]

@SecretAsianMan. We are going to have to limit our reproduction. Nobody wants to hear that, but it has to be said. We are doomed if we keep overbreeding the planet's capacity to support us.

[@manuell3505]

Water can be extracted out of air using simple condensation. But it's no solution. The air is for breathing.

[@00421lukas]

Come on man you are takeing shower at home splashing your pee with clean water and talking about this poor people and climate change. Did you do anything today to help the climate change with your air conditioning on in your petrol car. Electricity is not a problem there if they have installed solar panels and trus me those people hurt minimum to climate compare to us!

[@vidanalagoa6356]

They keep talking about year 2050 but what happens now if la nina continues indefinitely? What if this drought climate is the new normal from now on? Last summer in the south hemisphere south america crops were severelly cripled, now its happening in the nort hemisphere. What happens to food stocks if again south america suffers drought? Civilization as we know may end in a few years of worldwide drought, it may happen in one or two years from now.

[@lisavauhti7675]

Nobody wants wars but it's ultimately the only way to control overpopulation

[@NoHandleToSpeakOf]

7:27 that is just an air conditioner, it cools down the street air so the water condenses. They never mentioned what they do with the cold air. And this is a very energy-inefficient way to get drinkable water. May as well distill whatever whatever gray water they have with that electricity.

[@LethiuxX]

We're all responsible and to blame for the climate crisis, and we will all pay for it. It's just such a tragedy that our children must also pay for it. If you've had a baby and you remember what it's like when they cry out for their water bottle, imagine not being able to give them one.

[@mizzo8341]

Right? For God’s Sake! Stop 🛑 burying that nasty nuclear waste INSIDE the Earth! Fools!!

[@paperandmedals8316]

It’s not like people sat around and planned to end the world. We are imperfect humans trying to live and progress. You crying doesn’t do anything to help while you’re waiting for someone else to show up with the answer.

[@paperandmedals8316]

@F Swimmblader absolute bollocks

[@LethiuxX]

@@paperandmedals8316 I didn't realize we had met before.

[@seansimpson8758]

No, only a small percentage are responsible unfortunately.

[@smefour]

The total amount of water in the world is the same, but increasingly some areas will get massive flooding at the cost of vast areas around the world drying out, its precisely this changing imbalance from climate change that is causing world wide extreme issues of droughts and flooding, and it will get far worse

[@nenmaster5218]

Untrue. Watch the Water-Video of "Some More News" and you get a new understanding.

[@robinsss]

just seed the clouds in drought areas twice a week

[@robinsss]

cloud seeding , desalination and pipelines give us the ability to move water from the oceans to where ever we want it to be this makes up for the un equal distribution of water that we currently see

[@smefour]

@@robinsss wont help with the extreme weather and environmental damage over vast regions, the scale of the damage will be too big, we are just getting a taste of what's to come

[@robinsss]

@@smefour but people are not spread out over large spaces they are clustered around city areas mostly so by controlling the weather in the city areas you would be effecting the largest number of people in the world

[@bearycaptainjack4512]

Humans, animals, and plants are all suffering from this. What we have done to our planet in decades since industrialisation is terrible.

[@markperrin8098]

Lovely cars and cheap food though.

[@chihirostargazer6573]

@@markperrin8098 sarcasm hopefully?

[@markperrin8098]

@@chihirostargazer6573 No.I like lovely cars and cheap food.

[@chihirostargazer6573]

@@markperrin8098 You're part of the problem then. Selfish thinking like that is why our world is a mess.

[@markperrin8098]

@@chihirostargazer6573 Better selfish than a coward who won't post a public reply. Toot toot goes my Mustang.

[@DennisMoore664]

1:43 - "almost two billion people" that's a lot of people to provide with food and water. Even without the effects of climate change I'm not sure if that kind of population in one area is sustainable for very long without environmental (and other) consequences.

[@smhggzsmhggz8462]

Humanity is severely egotistical if they think they control so much and can basically control earth. Get over yourselves

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Humans are responsible for Climate Change. We obviously did screw up our environment. I don't think Yogi Bear was responsible, do you?

[@nuomitang30]

I always use water extremely carefully. Knowing how valueable they are. Can't stand to see people running the taps as they're free. But people just won't get it. The number doesn't look good on earth. And we don't produce water. So many way we can preserve it however government wouldn't even care to try ? The laziest way just simply starting with water prize regulation. This wasting needs to stop now.

[@jrzzrj]

👍 Unfortunately, most people have not learned or taken water conservation seriously. I too see the vast waste of everyday water and like you I use water as if it were the most precious commodity we can have.

[@dasja9966]

How are you actively reducing your water use? I'd like to learn how you do it because i can use some inspiration and practical advice. I try to avoid being wastefull with water too, but i've noticed it is pretty difficult to change paterns i am used to. I reuse a part of my grey water to water my garden and flush the toilet, don't let the tap run, eat vegetarian to lower indirect water use and reduced my shower time. But i still shower every day. Could just take a bowl of water and a washcloth to get clean, but haven't been able to switch that patern. Yet.

[@nuomitang30]

@@dasja9966 Reuse, and control the flow. Daily basics.

[@dasja9966]

@@nuomitang30 That's what i try to do. But i still feel i use too much water. Was hoping for practical info/hacks to reduce my water usage even further. Guess i'll just google.

[@MrCacaindahouse]

Send it to people with power ❤️ thank you

[@mikepict9011]

This should be a lesson in threat immense and reaction time ..... largely meaningless. But a lesson worth learning.

[@thevikingwarrior]

Only lesson I have learnt is that I cannot teach people things like this at all.

[@HL65536]

The water from the air is not free. It uses a huge amount of electricity that has to be produced somehow. Is it produced by on-site solar power or connected to the grid and creating orders of magnitude more CO2 than a water truck?

[@Laurentus]

This is why we need nuclear power to be scaled up much more.

[@HL65536]

@@Laurentus Nope, it will be hugely expensive to run water from air that way. 1$ for 2 liters of water is not what people in these countries can afford. And we are gonna run out of uranium if we use it far more. We should save it for ships and space travel.

[@deanfowles3707]

@@HL65536 space travel? gtf out of here

[@HL65536]

​@@deanfowles3707 If you think space travel will not dramatically increase in the next 100 years, you are very short sighted. Like back in the day saying that nobody will ever need more than 640KB of RAM. And if your doubts aren't related to the fact that space travel will expand a lot, but instead you doubt that nuclear power is needed for that, please read up on the NERVA program, on specific impulse and the rocket equation. And in the outer solar system even the electricity has to come from nuclear sources as it's simply too far from the sun to enable solar power.

[@deanfowles3707]

@@HL65536 yeah right and we were all gonna have flying cars by now. remember?

[@Blair62]

Not to mention the huge expense in terms of energy necessary to run a large refrigeration unit to extract water from the air.

[@davidwatson2399]

You cant extract water from dry air.

[@PeterJonesonline]

This is too depressing to even watch.

[@OldCleisthenes]

Earth looking more like Tatooine every day...

[@Diana1000Smiles]

I'm more familiar with Tralfamadore. (😆)

[@carlmcgregor2707]

They are even moisture farming

[@galaxysmartphone187]

All the people need to respond immediately for this

[@Diana1000Smiles]

In 1970.

[@paulmcmillan533]

No , not true.

[@hime273]

And do what exactly? I'm not the one controlling the Weather Modification Operations.

[@paulmcmillan533]

@@hime273 thank goodness, I thought I was the last level headed person here.

[@paulmcmillan533]

The green agenda is going to starve the poor and leave the planet with no trees as we won't need to stay warm somehow. We will also end up eating all the animals to survive. People are so programmed!

[@VesperAegis]

8:06 lol doesn't look like he likes the taste of that condensed humidity 😁😁

[@mathieuavisse4623]

the general public lack of knowledge regarding water cycle is alarming ... sure let's dig more wells and pipelines ....

[@Spiritualwarfare587]

Countries without mountains and forest always have water problem. We feel good here in sweden with less rain . Coz it use to rain every 3 days in summer

[@dragoonseye76]

I seriously doubt the local farmers agree

[@zandrakoon4651]

1. 🌊 With rising sea water level, build desalination plants for drinking water, Agriculture, Commercial & Industrial use 2. 🌧 Build infrastructure & reservoirs to harvest rain & flood water 3.💧Harvest dews & water moisture from air 4. 🧊 Harvest Glaciers & melting ice water from mountains 5. ♻️ Treat & recycle waste water to water plants to provide shade & reduce soaring temperature, flush toilets etc. Install water saving fixtures

[@zandrakoon4651]

@@StephenAndMaritha Desalination Plants working wonders in Singapore !

[@jochenzimmermann5774]

hm. regarding the machine getting water from the air - 500 to 700 liters per what? hour? day? year? over the machines lifetime? and if that machine (obviously) needs electricity, how much does it need to produce those 500 to 700 liters per what? it doesn't sound like that water is "free", it sounds more like another extremely expensive technofix. i don't know though, because your report is leaving out how much a liter of water actually costs that way.

[@NoHandleToSpeakOf]

My thoughts exactly. A glorified air conditioner used to scam people.

[@theobserver9131]

I almost wish I had it in me to cultivate a wall of ignorance. I find it impossible to maintain any optimism about the future. I used to try to break through other people's ignorance, and give them a clue about the big picture, but now I think, why bother? Let them enjoy their life as long as they can. Reality will assert itself soon enough.

[@theobserver9131]

I am sure that if everyone was willing to face reality, and do what it takes even if it includes some sacrifices, we could possibly solve some of our existential problems. People aren't like that. They won't be motivated until it's too late.

[@charliemcmillin1066]

where I live it rains at least an hour day, torrentialy. The gulf coast of the US is getting so much rain it's depressing.

[@fcuker8059]

Trust DW, the whole WORLD is in DROUGHT! :D

[@clive373]

start stashing it somewhere. One day it will cost more than oil.

[@arnold1859]

And not a drop is harvested. The amount of waste is depressing. Still isn't it Hurricane season 2022? Haven't had a single one this year. Where are thet?

[@dragoonseye76]

And yet there are many places in the opposite

[@utkank8467]

Next, this guy will complain about immigration. he thinks rain means no climate change. he just doesn't get the correlation

[@AaronAsap]

My heat goes out to all the family , children, and animals that will suffer unimaginable pain and starvation. Directly due to climate change. May God watch over them in the next life and they be blessed.

[@yzyz7779]

That is sign of judgement day,we all must pray for forgiveness to Allah almighty of God

[@greeneyeswideopen774]

There no judgement day and no god is involved; it is a simple matter of physics. And we upset the balance of CO2 in the atmosphere.

[@goodone5590]

@@yzyz7779 not allah. Jesus Only!

[@snugglesjuggler]

"Disruption in water cycle threatens the Earth"? No, that is soooo wrong. Disruption in water cycle threatens the soil.

[@5353Jumper]

No that is sooooo wrong. Disrupting water cycles threatens humanity.

[@stevewiles7132]

You build dams, less water runs to the sea, when the sea evaporates it becomes saltier resulting in less evaporation, less evaporation, less rain.

[@robinsss]

cloud seeding , desalination and pipelines give us the ability to move water from the oceans to where ever we want it to be this makes up for the un equal distribution of water that we currently see

[@papanurgle9015]

And here in Canada we got tons of water and unfortunately we never invested into a millitary in order to actually defend our most valuable natural resource

[@blacklighthologram5339]

That what you get for being a child of the lord of stagnation mate, but dont worry as a brit we all worship Khorne here and will happily help: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

[@thatguy5801]

What's a military going to do, make bullets and bombs to defend water, drive 1 hour away from any city most people including me get our water from a well, the ground naturally cleans the water the deeper your well is dug, like anywhere else on the planet that isn't a desert they simply need to dig a well. its very simple if you have forest, you have infinite ground water, forest covers 31% of the planet, the ocean is 70%.

[@paulmcmillan533]

Support your truckers, vote out the dictator.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Alaska still has Gold Mines, too. 🤗

[@hidesertroamer]

Look how quickly water essentially disappeared from so many mighty lakes and rivers worldwide. Don’t count your chickens.

[@candycue7225]

I guess the 21st century will be filled with drought and hardship, if not a massive extinction event

[@chrislecky710]

As far as im concerned this country should be an oasis because we have access to huge amounts of water. Drought and hosepipe bands prove our infrastructure is vastly outdated.

[@SchrodingersPussyCat]

Rivers dry up BC Ground wtr, absorbs down to Wtr table - not BC of Heat. Evaporation - Rains back. Water issues have to do w/ ground expansion.

[@SteveSmith-kd9if]

🤣🤣🤣😅This place isn't going to make it into mid century!!!!

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Possibly. If men of Earth keep making more WAR, we might not see Friday.

[@arklinmike]

The draught, linked to climate change is certainly a worldwide issue. However people everywhere seem grimly determined to ignore one of the driving forces, which is population growth. More people, more strain on resources, more production of greenhouse gasses, more migration, more conflict. It's not going to get better until people try to address that issue.

[@peanucklevantura1664]

By the time it matters we will all be dead so honestly who cares? It’s the thought of our grandfathers. Now it’s our battle cry. I’m 46. Lucky if I make it to 2050. So really nothing I do or care to do will matter or even affect me and mine.

[@leonardgibney2997]

I'm puzzled at the UK government issuing millions of visas to foreigners in an already overpopulated small country. Then saying we need to reduce our carbon emissions. Can anyone enlighten?

[@christianzilla]

Overpopulation is a gross and effectively racist lie by those that control and consume the most resources on the planet. The majority of the population of earth do not consume even half of the resources. About 20% of the total population consume in effect 80% of the resources. So the real problem is overpopulation of relatively rich people and 'Western' type lifestyles. In a resource-based economy, the world could support many more billions of people than now.

[@robinsss]

''''''However people everywhere seem grimly determined to ignore one of the driving forces, which is population growth. '''' because people have the right to have children and we can't violate that right by placing limits on the number of children they can have

[@shochan7693]

Drought or flood.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

WAR or PEACE.

[@MetalFan10101]

Casually sat here with a cold glass of water

[@cheri238]

I have been keeping up with this for years. SAD.❤️

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Me, too. Humans have received so many warnings and still deny our Climate is changing fast. 💙

[@blanckieification]

"Earth" as in "the natural world": big changes happened an will always happen. "Earth" as in "society", then the title is correct.

[@someguy2135]

What is the name of the technology used to get drinking water from the air? I want to research it!

[@soil-play]

Seems like this is one of am increasing number of places that has too large of a population to live comfortably with the amount of resources available....

[@MrTheguywiththemoney]

"We can't fix your problems, but government can fix the weather"

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Not my Government, many of them got religious delusions beyond reason or balance.

[@gentillydanny]

All the comments seem to be about how to replenish drinking water but nothing is said about the loss of hydroelectric power. The rivers are essential not just for drinking and industrial use, they produce huge amounts of power for many millions of people. Will the mighty dams of today be the pyramids of tomorrow, original use lost to time and the descendants of today's people (if any) having curious legends of their powers?

[@totalhd2022]

Thanks for your sharing

[@hughbeein1265]

If the ocean levels are rising, shouldn't the ocean connected rivers be getting deeper?

[@sertaki]

the ocean will just flood the areas where the rivers exit, which will not make the rivers deeper - it will simply make them shorter as the ocean will take over the river delta slowly.

[@RinaemulisaDengaNemakundani]

Our planet is ailing - and we're the cause for it.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Mother Earth is fine, Humans are endangered. She tells me every morning when I thank her for this beautiful place.

[@RinaemulisaDengaNemakundani]

@@Diana1000Smiles Tryna figure out if this is actually a bot account 🤔🧐. But yeah, we are pretty endangered and it's only a matter of time, unless we make drastic changes.

[@2532robh1]

Chemtrails

[@benscrwbiutb9800]

Planet has experienced droughts and floods since beginning of recorded history.just liberal media and government crying doom and gloom as usual

[@benscrwbiutb9800]

@@RinaemulisaDengaNemakundani media and government in Australia was crying about climate change making Australia doomed because of drought but last I heard they’re getting more rain than they needed. It will pass and media will find something else to scare people

[@MiaMia-cu1fg]

Indonesia have good opportunity with food supply this year, it cause rain come at summer too. And problem may happened when winter come, cause rain may will often down than couple of years ago. Last year rain cause problem with more land slide.

[@svanimation8969]

Same in India rain 🌧️ rain rain 😁

[@hobber_]

Great series

[@subscribe93]

is this caused by the burning of Fossil fuel will we still have enough minerals in the mines if we have a higher production of alternate sources of transportation

[@mizzo8341]

We all need to own. The treatments plants are usually near “the cities” We didn’t dry out a bit here and we are expecting the normal muddy autumn season real soon before half the earth gets covered with snow. Once this video reached the process of stealing humidity out of the air for water, it made me recall a few weeks ago. Our area just lost, magically, approx. 30% humidity. It was the first time ever seeing this. I thought we were having autumn before dog days of summer.

[@bridgeonkarandinib1k690]

Europe's drought is called world drought, new term indeed👌

[@JaySmith91]

How to mitigate it: 1. Tax in the negative externalities - Taxes for any company using freshwater for business purposes, based on usage. Include taxes on meat and dairy products - Hugh freshwater consumption for tiny yields of nutrients!

[@denmark23]

In Denmark we have successfully lowered our water use... The ordinary Dane use less water, our businesses use less water, our farmers use less chemicals so it don't polute our water and our waste water is cleaned and returned to nature. So we have made a water cirkle and this works... But it only works cause we have a climate minister Wich looses his job unless he follows his promised dedlines. And this put direct pressure on politicians Wich puts pressure on the business and people. This works. There is stuff you can do, but you need to put immense pressure on your government, especially if you live in the us, cause that is gonna be a battle with the oil firms..

[@starcrib]

Next on the menu- Planetary Hospice, Managed Retreat, Human Habitat Loss. Irreversible abrupt climate change is now. Make peace with whatever time is left. 🌍🌎🌏

[@denmark23]

@@starcrib there are always things we can do, and just giving up, is exactly what the oil firms want you to do. The World is not gonna explode... It only get worse from here but are we just gonna give up and watch it burn? I'm sure not gonna, I'll fight if not for my self, then for the nature, for life itself on this planet. It is a lot bigger than me and you and the only enemy is some oil firms and people's own minds. I think we can manage... We cannot give up no matter how doomed everything seem! It is really not that hard to make small changes in your day to day life, but because everyone talks about it, as this huge thing we need to deal with, people give up before they even start. Set a timer on your shower, have a couple meat free days a week, take a bike or walk small distances, try not to take plane, landscape your garden instead of grass, and buy clothes that last for many years and don't break after two times you wore it. It's really this simple... It's a lot easier than going to war with an axe or arrow to find new land, or to work 12 hours for one dollar a day just to buy one bread.... This is what our forfathers did to make this world for us, and we rather give up than take shorter showers? Really?

[@barsixful]

Considering the present climate change issues around the world I’d say ITS TOO LATE to turn climate change around. It feels like the ‘slope of demise’ is on a sharp downward angle!

[@Riggoten]

Agreed. There is no "turning climate change around." But we can still take action to cut emissions so we don't have to experience the worst of it.

[@deanfowles3707]

look into solar geoengineering my friend. thats our last hope. thats what we need to pressure the governments of the world to do. im a proud solar geoengineering advocate as the tons of reseaarch ive done suggests itl probably work and although its not a silver bullet it will certainly take the worst edges off of climate change.

[@bonniepoole1095]

Every news report should begin with, "How are YOU reducing your consumption of water and energy? How do YOU reduce what you put into landfills? Every day, your consumption needs to decrease. Plan and do it NOW."

[@mollflanders9314]

I'm doing my bit. I haven't bathed since 2021, because I hate being wet. HATE IT.🐷😁😉

[@cancerino666]

Thinking we can solve this by families "saving water" is a fantasy. A distraction really, from the systematic changes that are required to fix this.

[@bonniepoole1095]

@@cancerino666 I agree that one family can't fix this but we 'vote' for climate change with our behaviors. Consumption of cheap clothing, cosmetics, food from abroad, swimming pools in the desert, lawn care, unnecessary travel, fast food waste, etc., etc. all cause climate change. We ALL need to stop it! Maybe we want the government to ration water, say, 70 gallons per day per person; would that make us think about it?

[@bonniepoole1095]

@@mollflanders9314 I agree that we don't need to bathe every day. I was in Peru a while ago and the indigenes people had 2 baths in their life- one when they were born and one after they died (I don't recommend it!)

[@extrafoxjj]

if melting glaciers are providing the water, then global warming made the water available in the first place. desalinization needs a renewable energy source to be sustainable. groundwater is only sustainable if used to a limited extent. so, supply is ultimately limited which means that demand will ultimately need to be limited

[@chihirostargazer6573]

Desalination is not the answer. It also produces a very toxic brine which needs to be stored somewhere. The answer is to be intelligent enough not to destroy and waste our water supply in the first place. The human race is slated for extinction because of greed and arrogance.

[@ghoraxe9000]

The water isn't just disappearing... It's being redistributed... It's up to us to find out where it's going and how to collect it

[@maxentropy0305]

7:20 "The problem is made worse by a growing population" - The root cause of all climate related problems is overpopulation.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Religious delusions come first. Thinking there's "eternal life" is a selfishness I could never understand.

[@infinitysteppingstone331]

How can the WHOLE world be having a drought at the same time? Wtf? This is ___________!

[@sertaki]

Some areas are in fact getting torrential rains. We have really bad conditions now, where the rain is not spread evenly because of changing weather pattern.

[@2532robh1]

Chemtrails

[@kostancijadegutyte184]

@@sertaki Maybe wind turbine farms are messing up with rain systems. Check out the maps of land in drought conditions and the maps displaying wind turbine farms in Europe, UK, USA, Canada, etc. You would be surprised how perfectly they match up! We all have to wonder, "Why's that?"

[@sertaki]

@@kostancijadegutyte184 It's certainly possible that this is a factor - weather patterns are complex and we can't perfectly simulate them. Do you happen to know any studies on the subject? Sounds interesting

[@kostancijadegutyte184]

​@@sertaki You know, I want to cry! I am not a scientist and I didn't know there were studies. Now, that you asked, I googled and found a study of 2018 by PGYSICS TODAY "The other side of wind power". I do not doubt there are other studies as well, but they go against the narative and are being kept off the air. It's just sad that nobody ever mentions such studies in the media when they promote wind power. Those who are making decisions to build the wind turbines and pay no heed to the studies of adverse effects on the climate are creating global warming deliberately. It's like they enjoy butchering the environment under the guise of saving it simply to point the finger at the people that it's their fault. In that one article they list all the ills of today's environment. At that time, 4 years ago, people's comments were split: some were faithfully in favour of the wind power and others were on the side of caution. Now, a decade into harvesting wind power on a grander scale, the world is seeing clear results of the hidden dangers.

[@paulturner1535]

Politicians are more concerned that there may be water in a rock on Mars than managing the water on earth. Duh.

[@macmiranda2111]

While in the Philippines we have too much rain and flooding due to typhoons 😆😅🌀💧☔

[@lostinbravado]

Any country which gives up on nature and entirely embraces artificial water sources will win in the end. If you can provide 100% of your water needs through salt water desalination, then climate change cannot take your water away. The cost though will be extreme and most countries will be unable to afford it. But, what other option do we have? Emissions reductions have failed us.

[@fcuker8059]

Smartest noob. Kudos!

[@clive373]

we have not reduced emissions, they are still growing. And now you want to increase them massively!!! I hope you are not in charge...

[@shrimperlincs3395]

Whatever you do: Don't check the Magnetic Field strength or the Magnetic Pole shift or the Slowing Earth Rotation or Solar Activity.

[@mollflanders9314]

Earth wasn't built for a toilet. It's not a car bathroom or a coal crapper. Smh. We did this, and nothing else.

[@shrimperlincs3395]

@@mollflanders9314 We did what? Changed the climate of an entire planet? Who created the climate change which both started and ended the last few ice ages? Is it possible the same natural causes of these are now causing the changes we see now?

[@adam8822]

In the mean time here in Australia of all places we are getting flooded with a really wet summer coming apparently

[@ninabishop8634]

Ditch grass everywhere. No more golf courses which are watered several times a day. Plant trees in parking lots so water from rain has somewhere to go. Use a lighter color material on paved roads and highways to reflect heat. There are lots of things we can do, we just all need to agree to do it.

[@anirudhprajapati1184]

Europe realising issues that were way before in Asia and Africa Europe always thinks their problems are world's problem but world's problem aren't Europe's problem So selfish

[@gabriellang7998]

did you missed decades of heavy pollution from China? maybe it's not 'just Europe'?

[@braidend4379]

Honestly it's just going through a cycle, Australia is having the wettest few years since hundreds of years while Europe is having the driest in hundreds of years, it's not like rain has stopped, it has just changed location for the time being. This is normal, Australia has great floodplains that fill up and replenish the wildlife out west every few decades or more. Europe has the hunger stones that show it has hit this level at least a few times a century. The world isn't static, it goes through a cycle, humans just have short memories.

[@Bob_Adkins]

So true! We used to call that "weather", but the gloom and doom people re-named it to make it sound scarier.

[@georgewbush6999]

Best I idea I have for the short term is water desalination plants powered by nuclear energy. We would need quite a few of them. We would also need to dump the brine water in the desert. Can't just dump it in the ocean

[@janarjahimees2601]

500 liters per day, week, month or unit? How is the water free if youre using electricity to get it?

[@nobodyfromnowhere3597]

You can build desalination plants with nuclear energy and pump water to drought regions but somehow I doubt Western leaders and population is interested in actually solving problems.

[@deanfowles3707]

look into solar geoengineering my friend. that really is our last hope. thats what we need to pressure the governments of the world to do. im a proud solar geoengineering advocate as the tons of reseaarch ive done suggests itl probably work and although its not a silver bullet it will certainly take the worst edges off of climate change.

[@max-q7129]

I live on the east coast of the United States and we are getting far more water than we can deal with. There isn’t a global drought but there is a drought in certain areas but that rain is falling in other places. Places typically dry in the Mid East is getting unprecedented rain. And we can thank republicans who garnered millions and millions of dollars denying global warming so their oil buddies can make billions and made sure the republicans got rich. There are republicans who still say global warming is a ruse.

[@easterncypruscricketclub36]

I’ve not seen much action from Biden to reverse this ?

[@mike9132]

Coal is by far the largest contributor to global warming not oil. Mostly from China. And 95% of electric cars in the US are charged by coal.

[@kostancijadegutyte184]

Do you know that there are no or very few wind turbine farms in Florida and the Eastern Cost of the USA? I just noticed that the maps of wind turbine farms match the maps of the locations of the current drought in all parts of the world: Europe, UK, USA, Canada, etc. What if the wind turbine farms are messing up with rain systems? We all have to wonder, "Why are those maps almost identical?" Is there a possibility, that the vibrational field of wind turbine farms displaces storms and they skirt around the wind turbine farms, dumping the rain in places where there are less of renewable energy installations?

[@cgaltruist2938]

I remember that scene from Walt Disney Fantasia were the dinosaurs died from drought. It was one of the many extinction events that happened in that era.

[@jimwellnitz1751]

Same amount of rainfall yearly around the world. Weather patterns stall which means too much in one area to little in another lake Mead rose three feet from the monsoons this summer