Tag Archives: drought

Building in Resilience to Climate Catastrophe

Posted on June 24, 2024 by borderslynn

After wildfires destroyed homes across California, innovative, but expensive, intensely fire-resistant homes have been designed. Some are already in place in the still sparsely rehomed community of Paradise. These are modular, pre clad built homes and 12 month round produce … Continue reading →

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Green, green grass of home

Posted on June 11, 2024 by borderslynn

In the book, ‘Before It’s Gone’ by Jonathan Vigliotti, I read of the consequences of extensive loss of whole communities in Western States of America, plus the memorable loss of the old community of Lahaina in Hawaii, due to out … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1.5 degree limit, anti climate change lobbyists, carbon capture, carbon mapping, combustible, conservation, drought, fauna, flora, fossil fuel adverts, fossil fuels, grass, greenhouse effect, hat dome, heating world, Helheim glacier, nature, ocean warming, oceans conveyor belt., scotland, sea level rising, Thwaites glacier, trees, wildfires | Leave a comment

The Human Meteorite

Posted on November 18, 2023 by borderslynn

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africans, Anthropocene theory, arabs, climate change, conflict, Darfur, diamonds, drought, egypt, elites, farmers, fertile land, fresh water, genocide, human harm, human sabotage, impact of human activity, Iran, mining, nomads, proxy wars, Russia, UAE, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes | Leave a comment

Desalination, long term solution to Drought

Posted on December 26, 2022 by borderslynn

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-who-rely-on-desalination.html From the above map we learn Saudi Arabia has the most desalination plants in the world: “eight plants using the reverse osmosis technology and 12 using the multi-stage distillation process. The country has the largest floating desalination plant in … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, conflict, desalination, desertification, drought, famine, food security, multi-stage flash, reverse osmosis, solutions | 2 Comments

Fight the cause of the refugee crisis

Posted on November 5, 2022 by borderslynn

Use satellite imagery and track the problems and build solutions: https://www.planet.com/

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged asylum, authoritarian regime, child abuse, climate change, conflict, cruelty, discrimination, drought, drugs, environment, exploitation, famine, human rights, inhuman living conditions, low paid work, male domination, misogyny, no freshwater, persecution, poverty, rape, rebuilding, rehoming, replanting, rescue, satellite imagery, sustainable living, terror, torture, tracking, trafficking, unsanitary conditions, value every human, violence | Leave a comment

Drought tolerant plants

Posted on October 22, 2022 by borderslynn

Microbes living in and on the roots of plants keep them healthy just as the human gut microbes do. During drought conditions, plants increase the microbes which help them stay alive in drought conditions. Researchers have found they can inject … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged biology of plants, crops, drought, floods, food insecurity, genetics, global food shortage, microbes, research, rivers, seed banks, soil, threats, trade | Leave a comment

Drip irrigation when water is limited

Posted on September 30, 2022 by borderslynn

Shortages of fresh water can create difficult decisions, and lead to conflict. Industrial farming creating wealth for owners and investors may leave local poor communities without access to any clean water for personal use. This is illustrated by the South … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged cattle farming, cholera, conflict, deficit irrigation, drip irrigation, drought, food insecurity, industrial farming, innovation, war, water scarcity | Leave a comment

Freshwater availability shrinking as we make perverse decisions

Posted on September 24, 2022 by borderslynn

Globally, around 80 percent of freshwater is used for food production and agriculture. Out of all the water covering the earth, only 2 percent is fresh. That remaining 10 to 20 percent is set aside for industry. Urban Africa, with … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agriculture, climate warming, drought, famine, freshwater, glacier melt, industry, lake algae blooms, lake shrinking, lakes, rivers | Leave a comment

Water, water everywhere, not a drop to drink

Posted on September 22, 2022 by borderslynn

Recent excessive flooding, rising sea levels and glacial melt combined with monsoon seasons make us have to address the world crises with full force. Water covers much of our planet, but a small percentage is drinkable. The land we walk … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged adapting to climate change impacts, aquifers, drought, flooding, hydrology, ice age, investing, land sinking below sea levels, no time left, pacific, relocation, seas rising, tectonic movement, weather patterns, winter storms | Leave a comment

Redirecting floodwater into aquifer

Posted on August 22, 2022 by borderslynn

For some years now the pattern of drought followed by flooding is experienced in many countries. Serious reduction in water levels in aquifers causes drinking water shortages. It is therefore necessary to build a system which directs flood waters into … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agriculture, aquifers, california, climate change, dams, drinking water, drought, Farming, food supply chains, hydrology, livestock, Mexico City, rivers, wildlife, world drought, world food | Leave a comment

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