{"id":47036,"date":"2022-08-26T14:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatechangenews.com\/?p=47036"},"modified":"2022-08-30T11:33:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T10:33:11","slug":"visuals-extreme-drought-dries-up-rivers-globe-satellite-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/08\/26\/visuals-extreme-drought-dries-up-rivers-globe-satellite-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Seen from space: Extreme drought dries up rivers across the globe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>China\u2019s largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, typically covers more than 3,500 square kilometres and is a major water source for rice crops in Northwest China. But today, after a month of extreme drought, it\u2019s only about a quarter of its size and has farmers <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-lakes-droughts-climate-and-environment-a8a9278e0bf6ea53f9e3de49d0446f64\">digging for water<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The shrinking water levels can even be seen from space. An analysis of satellite imagery by Climate Home News, with the support from the monitoring platform Planet<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planet.com\/\">, shows significant impacts to freshwater ecosystems around the world.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px;\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/10990868\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 4px !important; text-align: left;\">As in China, several major rivers and lakes across Europe, Asia and North America have been severely affected by extreme weather, also hurting local populations. These impacts serve as a warning of future climate warming scenarios, experts said.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have experienced this summer is what climate scientists tell us is going to happen in the future. This summer matches the predictions that we have for a hotter, drier future,\u201d said Christine Colvin, advocacy director of the nonprofit The Rivers Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change is now becoming one of the \u201ckey drivers\u201d of degrading freshwater ecosystems worldwide, according to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar6\/wg2\/downloads\/report\/IPCC_AR6_WGII_Chapter04.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the UN\u2019s panel of climate scientists. These ecosystems are fundamental for water access.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In China\u2019s case, a month-long heatwave preceded the country\u2019s worst drought in history. In a matter of weeks, some of the Asian country\u2019s largest water bodies began to shrink, leading to economic and even cultural impacts.<\/p>\n<div data-src=\"visualisation\/11002049\">\n<p><iframe class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px;\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/11002049\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Along the Yangtze river, for example, precipitation was 80% lower than usual,<a href=\"https:\/\/public.wmo.int\/en\/media\/news\/extreme-weather-china-highlights-climate-change-impacts-and-need-early-warnings\">according<\/a> to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This led to suppliers to Tesla, Toyota and Foxconn<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/08\/22\/heatwave-hydropower-china-sichuan-tesla\/\"> shutting down<\/a> their factories due to lack of hydropower in the Three Gorges Dam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are clearly witnessing the impacts of climate change,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/public.wmo.int\/en\/media\/news\/extreme-weather-china-highlights-climate-change-impacts-and-need-early-warnings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said W<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enjian Zhang, WMO assistant secretary-general.The situation in China is \u201ccomplex\u201d, he said, and has tested the country\u2019s disaster prevention and relief work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although many of these water bodies \u2014such as Lake Poyang\u2014 drop seasonally, this year\u2019s drought was the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/08\/23\/china-hit-by-longest-and-strongest-heatwave-on-record\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worst in recorded history<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Chinese officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Attribution to climate change can be different depending on the region and can only be determined by conducting local studies, said Andrew Hoell, co-lead of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Drought Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>However, Hoell added that \u201calmost all regions of the globe have observed a trend to increasing temperatures that have led to more intense and longer duration heat events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px;\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/10967157\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In Europe, for example, the UK\u2019s heatwave would have been<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldweatherattribution.org\/without-human-caused-climate-change-temperatures-of-40c-in-the-uk-would-have-been-extremely-unlikely\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> almost impossible <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">without current climate change, which has already warmed the planet by 1,2\u00b0C. After this event, drought was declared in large parts of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Along the same lines, Europe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/documents\/news\/GDO-EDODroughtNews202208_Europe.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Drought Observatory stated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in its August report that low precipitation levels combined with \u201ca sequence of heatwaves from May onwards&#8221;. As a result, water levels dropped in some major European rivers such as the Rhine in Germany, the Loire in France and the Tagus in Portugal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the Rhine, for example, some parts of the river were running at 45% of their average level for August, said Germany&#8217;s Federal Institute of Hydrology. Cargo ships were forced to carry lighter loads, increasing transport costs.<\/p>\n<p>The impacts were even more significant because most of the continent\u2019s wetlands were also depleted, said Colvin. This has left many freshwater ecosystems without their natural \u201cbuffer areas,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px;\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/10967228\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 4px !important; text-align: left;\">\n<p>At a global level, wetlands have disappeared three times faster than forests since the 1970s, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5b256c78e17ba335ea89fe1f\/t\/61b8a904f3ceb458e9b5ca44\/1639491853578\/Ramsar+GWO_Special+Edition+2021%E2%80%93ENGLISH_WEB.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Global Wetland Outlook report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To Colvin, this shows a need to \u201cbuild back wetter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While developed nations focused more media attention, some developing countries also faced severe drought this year. In Iraq, for example, the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers have also been affected by heat and by new dams built in Turkey and Iran.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px;\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/10990613\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 4px !important;\">\n<p>The Middle Eastern country has been suffering the effects of increasing heat for several years, with government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/mena\/iraq\/2021\/12\/02\/iraq-could-have-no-rivers-by-2040-government-report-warns\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reports <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">even warning that the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers could go completely dry by 2040.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year, water reservoirs along the Euphrates such as the Qadisiyah Lake showed significantly low water levels. In the Kurdistan region, the lowering levels of Lake Dukan threaten farmer\u2019s harvest. In total, government officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rudaw.net\/english\/middleeast\/iraq\/210420223\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said water reserves are down 50% from last year.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px;\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/11012514\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the main problems of extreme drought in freshwater ecosystems are the impacts to biodiversity, explained Colvin. With lower water levels, pollutants become more concentrated, increasing their toxicity to wildlife. Combined with extreme temperatures, &#8220;anything living in those rivers is really struggling to survive,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>In western United States, salmon species and other wildlife depending on them for food are on track to extinction, said Konrad Fisher director of the Water Climate Trust. The region&#8217;s water sources for humans are also shrinking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have overallocated the water resources of most of the western United States. That makes us less climate resilient. We&#8217;re still in the 1800s of wasteful and excessive water use,&#8221; said Fischer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px;\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/11014590\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lake Powell, the second largest water reservoir in the US, is an example of the shrinking sources. Today, it&#8217;s levels are at a mere 26% of its capacity, its lowest levels since 1967. The Colorado river basin, of which it&#8217;s part of, provides water and hydroelectric power to 40 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Rivers and lakes have been at the frontlines of this summer&#8217;s extreme weather, Colvin said. &#8220;We can take the health of rivers as a proxy for our readiness to climate change, and we&#8217;re not ready,&#8221; she concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In China, Lake Poyang is just a quarter of its normal size, while in Germany, the Rhine is running at 45% of its average levels for 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