Article: Climate change- What the experts say

Floods in South Africa, Australia and Brazil have left death and destruction in their wake. Many have lost their lives and thousands have been displaced.

Many are questioning whether the extreme weather patterns that the country and some parts of the world have been experiencing are signs of climate change.
 
so all the floods that happened in past history were something else entirely then? :confused:
 
Go research El Nino and La Nina .. the phenomenon has been there forever.
 
Ricard said:
Go research El Nino and La Nina .. the phenomenon has been there forever.
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Agreed, we should in well in the swing of La Nina (our wet season)... in the next few years things are going to get drier... and if this wet season is anything to go by, we might see quite a strong drought. However, this is more media hype than anything else. I would go as far as to say that this is 'unusual' weather, just maybe a lil more wet.
 
Ricard said:
Go research El Nino and La Nina .. the phenomenon has been there forever.
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LOL, I wasn't being sarcastic or anything, just wanted to know if the flooding is increased world wide or not. Genuine.

Meteorology was never my strong suite. Can't always believe everything one hears and I just wanted to make sure if there is any research to back an increase in flooding on a world wide scale or not. If it's totally natural and normal then it can't be linked to Global Climate Change, that's all.
 
Ricard said:
I didnt say that... but I will say that selling your car, using solar energy and going completely green wont change a thing.
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I think that you are wrong there. And if someone wants to do something like that, it cant hurt.
 
Ronjay said:
I think that you are wrong there. And if someone wants to do something like that, it cant hurt.
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It's up to USA, China and Brazil to stop global warmers they are by far the biggest polluters
 
mmmig said:
It's up to USA, China and Brazil to stop global warmers they are by far the biggest polluters
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LOL, of course, but it's got to start somewhere. And if 50 mil SA'ns became Greenies, I would think it would make a little impact, if not a big one. Still, it wont hurt for people to want to be more green. If we all point to others and say "they're the baddies, no me" then we'll never start will we? I'm not for one second saying humans are the resultant force of Climate Change, but it doesn't mean we have to carry on like it's 'business as usual' either.
 
Nice article, the public needs to hear more of this kinda thing as some of the more scientifically challenged in this forum have shown. Education and awareness are very important.
 
Ronjay said:
True. And people do love living on river banks.
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We're in the information age so we get to see it unfold in real time. If this same flood happened a century ago very few outside Australia for example would have even known about it. It wouldn't have seemed so catastrophic either because most of the areas affected would have been uninhabited.

So from that perspective it's probably not some "abnormal" occurrence.
 
w1z4rd said:
Nice article, the public needs to hear more of this kinda thing as some of the more scientifically challenged in this forum have shown. Education and awareness are very important.
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obviously hasn't helped much in your case, has it? :p
 
Normally East London floods... Some rain, no floods :/ Our dams are still pretty empty. I was fishing the Nahoon river this weekend (bass) and I noticed the fresh water side of it had increased to "slightly above a trickle. Wonder where our rain is.

Our floods are noob compared to the typhoons in Asia :D
 
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Ricard said:
I didnt say that... but I will say that selling your car, using solar energy and going completely green wont change a thing.
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It'll change a lot. It will be more efficient and lead to drops in energy prices - which currently fuel a number of unsightly wars all over the planet. It's a good idea to think about your emissions as well as just you intake (shít's gotta go somewhere...), and it's also important to realise that the only truly independent supply of energy we have is sunshine.

Whether any of this will have any effect on climate change in the short term is debatable. But so what? I don't like the way EVERY adverse weather condition gets blamed on climate change, but that doesn't mean we should continue doing whatever the hell we please and not thinking about the possible consequences.
 
grayston said:
It'll change a lot. It will be more efficient and lead to drops in energy prices - which currently fuel a number of unsightly wars all over the planet. It's a good idea to think about your emissions as well as just you intake (shít's gotta go somewhere...), and it's also important to realise that the only truly independent supply of energy we have is sunshine.

Whether any of this will have any effect on climate change in the short term is debatable. But so what? I don't like the way EVERY adverse weather condition gets blamed on climate change, but that doesn't mean we should continue doing whatever the hell we please and not thinking about the possible consequences.
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Ronjay said:
I think that you are wrong there. And if someone wants to do something like that, it cant hurt.
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There are two debates... Dependence on fossil Fuels and Climate Change. Getting rid of the gun to the heads of every person on the planet via the Oil companies/counties is a enough of a compelling reason not to use fossil fuels and go green - As for climate change, I have my views and I think 'Climate change' is a govt endorsed cottage industry in which agendas are not always above board.
 
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