Thursday, March 25, 2021

Climate 98, Australia's worst flooding for decades

On "man-made" climate change and global warming, see one impact of heavy flooding recently in NSW Australia,

‘Horrific’ Swarms of Spiders, Snakes Invade Australian Homes Amid Devastating Floods
Elias Marat    Mar 24, 2021
https://themindunleashed.com/2021/03/horrific-swarms-of-spiders-snakes-invade-australian-homes-amid-devastating-floods.html

And people insist that man-made CC causes less flood and more flood, less rain and more rain. Less snakes and more snakes?

Is NSW flooding a year after bushfires yet more evidence of climate change?
Graham Readfearn   Mon 22 Mar 2021 09.05 GMT Last modified on Wed 24 Mar 2021 22.36 GMT 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/22/is-nsw-flooding-a-year-after-bushfires-yet-more-evidence-of-climate-change

Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse 
March 24, 2021 5.52am AEDT
https://theconversation.com/yes-australia-is-a-land-of-flooding-rains-but-climate-change-could-be-making-it-worse-157586 

Worst flooding in decades continues for eastern Australia
By Adam Douty, Maura Kelly, AccuWeather meteorologist
Updated Mar. 24, 2021 11:37 PM PHT
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/worst-flooding-in-decades-continues-for-eastern-australia/919279

14 years ago, famous Australian mammalogist and environmental Tim Flannery predicted "even the rain that falls isn’t actually going to fill our dams and our river systems, and that’s a real worry for the people in the bush."

Interview with Professor Tim Flannery 
Reporter: Sally Sara   First Published: 11/02/2007 
https://www.abc.net.au/local/archives/landline/content/2006/s1844398.htm

More here:

Carbon dioxide radically lower but floods destroy houses, cover beaches in debris across NSW in 1857 
https://joannenova.com.au/2021/03/carbon-dioxide-radically-lower-but-floods-destroy-houses-cover-beaches-in-debris-across-nsw-in-1857/

End of Rain? Guardian Blames NSW Flooding on Climate Change
Eric Worrall  March 23, 2021 
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/03/22/end-of-rain-guardian-blames-nsw-flooding-on-climate-change/

Meanwhile,

Climate change investing: jolly green giant or next bubble? 
Tony Featherstone    Mar 20, 2021 – 12.00am
https://www.afr.com/wealth/investing/climate-change-investing-jolly-green-giant-or-next-bubble-20210316-p57ba3 

Australian Financial Review Advises Readers to Embrace Climate Investments
Eric Worrall   March 21, 2021
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/03/19/australian-financial-review-advises-investors-to-embrace-climate-investments/
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See also: 
Climate 95, Anthropocene, Extended La Nina, carbon tax February 9, 2021 
Climate 96, Anthropocene line of Sir Noel de Dios, February 14, 2021 
Climate 97, Econ and infra implications of a cooling planet, February 24, 2021.

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