cold water melt from the poles and greenland is going to disrupt the AMOC and subsequently wipe out the jet streams, seasons, and our ability to produce food on a large scale over the next few decades. Search AMOC collapse for more info. All this extra water gets into the atmosphere increasing the greenhouse effect as well in a runaway system.
As this happens climate refugees will absolutely flood towards the poles and the highlands causing fascism and war to rise everywhere. We are already seeing climate refugees and right wing fascism rising globally.
Clean water is becoming scarce on top of this, look up how the Colorsdo river is at historical lows while been drawn on at historic highs; how entire cities in the southwest and east coast are subsiding as their aquifers are drying up beneath them. There are cities being built in the us southwest right now on a hope and a prayer with no water access, they are trucking it in.
People will flood to the north looking for clean water and food.
We could be taking steps right now to prepare for this but I don’t see much. I’m working on an archive of techniques to create clean water and power and food and trying to disseminate it over the radio waves so even if the internet fails people with minimal equipment can have have access to essential data. I doubt it’ll make much of a difference but it’s something to work on!
Southwest has plenty of water for a while. Lots of rain, lots of snow on the mountains.
The cities trucking in their water are unique. They built their cities incorrectly, or are very old. I truck water in, but it’s because drilling a well is a lot more expensive and the water isn’t great unless it’s treated.
cold water melt from the poles and greenland is going to disrupt the AMOC and subsequently wipe out the jet streams, seasons, and our ability to produce food on a large scale over the next few decades. Search AMOC collapse for more info. All this extra water gets into the atmosphere increasing the greenhouse effect as well in a runaway system.
As this happens climate refugees will absolutely flood towards the poles and the highlands causing fascism and war to rise everywhere. We are already seeing climate refugees and right wing fascism rising globally.
Clean water is becoming scarce on top of this, look up how the Colorsdo river is at historical lows while been drawn on at historic highs; how entire cities in the southwest and east coast are subsiding as their aquifers are drying up beneath them. There are cities being built in the us southwest right now on a hope and a prayer with no water access, they are trucking it in.
People will flood to the north looking for clean water and food.
We could be taking steps right now to prepare for this but I don’t see much. I’m working on an archive of techniques to create clean water and power and food and trying to disseminate it over the radio waves so even if the internet fails people with minimal equipment can have have access to essential data. I doubt it’ll make much of a difference but it’s something to work on!
Southwest has plenty of water for a while. Lots of rain, lots of snow on the mountains.
The cities trucking in their water are unique. They built their cities incorrectly, or are very old. I truck water in, but it’s because drilling a well is a lot more expensive and the water isn’t great unless it’s treated.
they have pumped out so much groundwater that the earth is caving in in massive swaths. Over 169 miles of fissures mapped so far. https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-cracks-emerging-across-us-southwest-scientists-warn
Much of the water in the SW is drawn from the colorado river which it turns out they were overestimating since the beginning how much water it contains, and the amount is growing smaller every year even as populations increase https://www.denverpost.com/2024/02/16/colorado-river-compact-negotiations-states-water-use-climate-change/amp/
https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121523_colorado_water_pressure/water-pressure-builds-between-upper-lower-basins-over-future-distribution-colorado-river/
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/climate-change-throwing-water-cycle-chaos-us-rcna137892
https://grist.org/housing/arizona-rio-verde-foothills-water-wildcat-subdivisions/
‘for a while’ indeed but I suspect it’s less of a while than most folks realize
Much of the water in the sw is from the ground and mountains.
Water from the Colorado is used because it’s easier to access. It’s going to be the fire to go and the most observable.
In the desert communities , if you live near a mountain range that gets snow then you’re likely sitting on top of a lot of water.