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Heatwave alert in Thailand with temperatures hitting 39 degrees Celsius


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7 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s Meteorological Department has issued a weather warning forecasting sweltering conditions across the country today, with peak temperatures expected to soar between 37 and 39 degrees Celsius

38C already here at 13:00.. 2 more hours to creep up a bit more.

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3 minutes ago, john donson said:

last night was horrible warm... opened air 4x ... normally just once...

 

It's always the nighttime temperature that determines comfort, at least for me. I can pretty much take in the daytime highs, even to around 42 or 43. But when the temp fails to go below 28 or 29, with high humidity, like last night in Bangkok, it can feel sweltering.

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Weather was absolutely beautiful this morning all the way until 11:30am, also quite cloudy. Afternoon was very breezy and right now at 3:30pm, weather is still nice using just a fan in my room. Weather is exactly the same as it usually is every other day.

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3 hours ago, jonclark said:

 

I think we know it is not new.

 

It's just the rate of change that is new..usually climate changes slowly over hundreds of thousands or even millions of years not in a couple of decades. 

 

Also humans have never experienced a large scale climate change event before. Last major climate shift (excluding the younger dryas event) humans were still apes. 

What's major about it?

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On 2/29/2024 at 9:07 AM, Dolf said:

What's major about it?

Stop using your air con and fans for the next 3 months and you'll probably be able to answer that question for yourself. 

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2 hours ago, jonclark said:

Stop using your air con and fans for the next 3 months and you'll probably be able to answer that question for yourself. 

Thats why they invented aircon

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5 hours ago, Dolf said:

Thats why they invented aircon

And what about the other millions of species on the planet...you gonna let them use your aircon as well? 

 

Fact is we have screwed the planet. Aircon won't save us. 

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2 minutes ago, jonclark said:

And what about the other millions of species on the planet...you gonna let them use your aircon as well? 

 

Fact is we have screwed the planet. Aircon won't save us. 

Planet is fine. More green now than 30 years ago.

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5 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Planet is fine. More green now than 30 years ago.

Do what, where is the link to that comment, how much of the Amazon rain forest has been cut down over the past 30 years, and other tropical forests, just down the road from us Indonesai.

Desert encroachment has become a problem over the past 30 years, not even thinking about building on green fields.

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7 minutes ago, kickstart said:

Do what, where is the link to that comment, how much of the Amazon rain forest has been cut down over the past 30 years, and other tropical forests, just down the road from us Indonesai.

Desert encroachment has become a problem over the past 30 years, not even thinking about building on green fields.

You don't know how to google stuff?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/02/28/nasa-says-earth-is-greener-today-than-20-years-ago-thanks-to-china-india/?sh=6104a4896e13

 

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19 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Planet is fine. More green now than 30 years ago.

Southern Spain is only green if they irrigate, rivers drying up. Same problems in Amazon (lowest water levels ever recorded). Lake Chad drying up, Aral sea already a shadow of itself. The greening is only because of 2 things - One - More CO2 means plants can grow faster, but not necessarily better. Two - many arid areas are being turned into farmland, and irrigated, means more green but the water is fast running out.

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1 minute ago, rickudon said:

Southern Spain is only green if they irrigate, rivers drying up. Same problems in Amazon (lowest water levels ever recorded). Lake Chad drying up, Aral sea already a shadow of itself. The greening is only because of 2 things - One - More CO2 means plants can grow faster, but not necessarily better. Two - many arid areas are being turned into farmland, and irrigated, means more green but the water is fast running out.

Water never runs out. It just changes location.

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10 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Water never runs out. It just changes location.

That is being pedantic. Ignoring ice, less than 1% of water is 'fresh', and a lot of that is already polluted to some degree. You take water from one place, you affect life that was living there. Many parts of the world already use the majority of their freshwater for human related needs (think Colorado river).

 

 

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17 minutes ago, rickudon said:

That is being pedantic. Ignoring ice, less than 1% of water is 'fresh', and a lot of that is already polluted to some degree. You take water from one place, you affect life that was living there. Many parts of the world already use the majority of their freshwater for human related needs (think Colorado river).

 

 

8bn people. Either you kill half or just accept the world changes.

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6 hours ago, rickudon said:
7 hours ago, Dolf said:

 

Southern Spain is only green if they irrigate,

I'm in southern Spain, Andalusia, right now. The arabs in control stepped up irrigation on a massive large scale 800 years ago. Nothing new.

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Don't know about where y'all are, but lovely temps here.   Overcast and might get a spot of rain today.  If this is Global Warming ... I'm LOVIN' IT

 

Same with last year, aside from the usual brutal weeks, I think the temps have been cooler than previous years, especially overnight, as damn chilly if on a scooter, or simply letting the dog out from the veranda for her midnight or 3AM 'P'.

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Too many humans. Beyond the planet's carrying capacity. Starvation + No-babies choices will reduce them steadily over the next 50 years.

 

Question is: Will it be enough soon enough?

 

Most of us won't be around to find the answer. Touch 'n Go in any case.

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