Northern Europe Locked In Deep Freeze; California Braces For Major Late-Winter Snowstorm; 3,100 Surging Glaciers Study; + Scientists DO NOT Say “Climate Emergency”
Northern Europe Locked In Deep Freeze; California Braces For Major Late-Winter Snowstorm; 3,100 Surging Glaciers Study; + Scientists DO NOT Say “Climate Emergency”
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Historical Cold Famines:
The 1867–1869 Swedish famine involved freezing summer conditions that prevented sowing. The “Year Without a Summer” of 1816, following volcanic eruptions, caused widespread crop failure in Europe.
The Deadly Combination: In the Dutch Hunger Winter (1944–1945), people faced 400-800 calorie daily rations, with the freezing, fuel-less winter making cooking and survival nearly impossible, resulting in over 20,000 deaths.
Impact on Society: These conditions typically result in mass migration, the consumption of survival substitutes (bark, grass, bulbs), and massive population declines, such as the 100,000 deaths (1/5 of the population) in 1690s Estonia.
I asked a university based agriculture expert about the growing season on Canada. This is a question not unrelated to “warming” but is mostly independent. Consider: He replied that the growing season in Canada has been increasing at about 2 days per decade for a while. Maybe 80 years? Not sure. The growing season can get longer without any general warming. The two are not linearly connected.
One question is: What happens if permafrost melts? We can easily see that trees (which are always present in severely stunted form) grow like mad and former tundra (wasteland) turns into lodge pole forest, then proper forest. If the North is warming at least slowly, and the growing season increases, we can expect the continuation of the past 15,000 years of permafrost melt and an increase in the forest cover. Obviously this is good from every perspective. Long may it continue.
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Social impact when the Little Ice Age returns:
Historical Cold Famines:
The 1867–1869 Swedish famine involved freezing summer conditions that prevented sowing. The “Year Without a Summer” of 1816, following volcanic eruptions, caused widespread crop failure in Europe.
The Deadly Combination: In the Dutch Hunger Winter (1944–1945), people faced 400-800 calorie daily rations, with the freezing, fuel-less winter making cooking and survival nearly impossible, resulting in over 20,000 deaths.
Impact on Society: These conditions typically result in mass migration, the consumption of survival substitutes (bark, grass, bulbs), and massive population declines, such as the 100,000 deaths (1/5 of the population) in 1690s Estonia.
I asked a university based agriculture expert about the growing season on Canada. This is a question not unrelated to “warming” but is mostly independent. Consider: He replied that the growing season in Canada has been increasing at about 2 days per decade for a while. Maybe 80 years? Not sure. The growing season can get longer without any general warming. The two are not linearly connected.
One question is: What happens if permafrost melts? We can easily see that trees (which are always present in severely stunted form) grow like mad and former tundra (wasteland) turns into lodge pole forest, then proper forest. If the North is warming at least slowly, and the growing season increases, we can expect the continuation of the past 15,000 years of permafrost melt and an increase in the forest cover. Obviously this is good from every perspective. Long may it continue.