Now come three graphs relayed from excellent recent reporting in the Guardian; the data used to create the graphs was provided by the global NGO, Water Aid.
Such extreme swings, like whiplash, have devastating consequences. From the Guardian report:
“The overall results of the new study are consistent with the most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which found there were both regions with increases in heavy rains and others with increases in drought, as well as some regions with increases in both, said Prof Sonia Seneviratne, at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, coordinating lead author of the IPCC chapter on weather and climate extreme events.
“A few tenths of a degree warmer and the life we know becomes increasingly at risk due to climate extremes such as heatwaves, droughts, and heavy rainfall,” she said.”
First comes the whiplash; then comes the crash.
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