Apart from water 💦 management, harnessing the wind for. cooling purposes has already been invented a long time ago, the #Windcatcher|s in the #IrNuan oasis City of #Yazd with its #Badgirs (#wind towers):
@glowl@chaos.social @GreenFire@mstdn.social
#ClimateSolutions for the #ClimateCrisis
#Microclimates #Permaculture
(2/3)
...streets and plants a bit of grass in between the stones. The surface cools down considerably.
Let me tell you, too, that I think I remember watching a video of.. the only modern-day further delopment of this ancient #ClimateTechnology that I'm aware of 1)--is a video clip or TV documentary that showcased a trial of a #Madrid university.
...probably the whole #Iberian peninsula, including most of the #CanaryIslands, are @ risk of #Desertification 2), (passive) #CoolingTechnology has become a survival-critical instrument for the inevitable adaptation. Needless to say, far too little is being done about it.
2) Here is a translation of the title and abstract of the renowned daily, #ElPaís,...
👉"*First Atlas of #Desertification in #Spain [#ADE]: More Than 40% of the Country Is at Risk*👈
#Murcia, #Albacete, #Almería, #LasPalmas, #Valladolid, and #Alicante are the provinces most affected by this phenomenon, which leads to the complete loss of land suitable for ecological and agricultural use...
... #SpanishNationalResearchCouncil (#CSIC), and presented this Thursday in #Alicante, indicates that 👉206,217 square kilometers of the country suffer from this type of degradation, which leads to the total loss of land suitable for ecology and agriculture, accounting for *60.9%* of arid areas and *40.9%* of #Spain’s total territory..." 👈
In short, including the data of the first map:
👉 *61%* of arable or ecologically usable land and *41%* of the total #Spanish territory has at..
...least a *50%* (marked yellow) chance, of becoming a desert👈, while for more than half of these territories, the risk is already at *70%* (orange), and for some (5-10%?), the risk is already a near certainty, if endeavors stay at last year's level (above *90%* (red)!)
Final thoughts (for now:)
Needless to say, that we have not seen similar studies for the other #SouthernEuropean countries, like #Greece, the many #Balkan countries...
...bordering the #Mediterranean, as well as two of the 4 other biggest #EU member states with populations above 60 million, does not mean, that they don't exist. I simply haven't (or don't remember) having seen them. (I do seem to remember a similar one for #Sicilly.)
Also, and I haven't read the report in detail, it seems obvious that the #ClimateChange induced "#Monsoon- type seasons with #AtmosphericRiver-type torrential rainfalls, will be an annual phenomenon from now...
Needless to say, as we have seen from disaster reports from #Greece and #Italy, for instance, in recent years, the rate of top-soil #Erosion in the areas hit by such extreme-weather events, is bound to increase exponentially initially. This, in turn--and this is my understanding not being a #Climatologist either--will feed into the #Desertification feedback loop.
In short: These catastrophic events may not be decades away anymore, but...
...might happen very much sooner than almost everyone now might think.
The implications for the societal stability of the #EU due to fiscal strains, (coventional) food shortfalls, and the prospects of waves of intra-community #ClimateRefugees is staggering. --And I am momentarily excluding what is happening in all the countries on the other side of the #Mediterranean...
The "#ClimateShip might have sailed decades ago, but humanity has no other choice but to still try...
* #ClimateCatastrophe #Overshoot #PhantomCarryingCapacity *
(1/n)
The #AngloSaxon capitalist model ruined earth for humanity and many other species. #BigOil has been its undertaker, b/c #BigOilKnew.
@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
#AI #ClimateCrisis
*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
(2/n)
👉...water that had been underground for millions of years. 1)
So much so, that even the Earth's axis has been affected.
However, all I've said above, just scratches important parts of the surface.
I haven't even mentioned the biggest threat to our current #Biosphere and the "#Humanophile" present climate, the at least 5 major climate #TippingPoints:
@chrisnelder@mastodon.energy
*#BigOilKnew--make them pay*
(1/n)
The impudence of the successors to the people who caused this #ClimateCatastrophe with an average global temperature not seen in 120,000 years is outrageous.
...and #GAI to determine, the interdependencies between these at least 9 (!) #TippingPoints, are unfathomable, at the very least quantitatively speaking.
s/: Oh, and save the best for last, #ClimateChange might(?) even without them be still accelerating, as the single outspoken #ClimateResearcher published in the summer of 2023:
@MichaelEMann@fediscience.org @andrewfreedman@journa.host @axios
@andrewdessler@mastodon.world
#Climate
(1/2)
Humanity seems to be accelerating towards "more and more "sudden" #Climate impacts that have never happened before"
" #AndrewDessler, a…
Also, I wrote a pertinent thread about 20th-21st century, chiefly #UShistory, today. It list many of my "classic" threads, including my research on topics that are still pertinent for today's politics.
Even though the thread is in German, I'd say 90% of the linked Threads were in English, so you should be fine. 😉
(Also, since I'm making a lot of deductions in the German thread, you might want to use...
...Mastodon's in-built AutoTranslation function. The language pair German/English works very well in the Humanities section. A small warning: the volume of the materials covered could be a US politics / history crash course. 😉 Also, I only include links 🔗 if I feel that a certain topic should involve further reading for a background understanding. So, the whole thing is quite modular, from an educational viewpoint. --That was not my original intention, though. 🤭...
"Mir sind gestern die Augen aus dem Kopf gefallen, welche Bilder wir in Deutschland/Europa nicht sehen:.."
Das ist nicht nur in #Deutschland so und auch *kein* Zufall, wie mein gestriger 🧵 aufzeigen und #Kriegsminister #PeteHegseth auch diese Woche unumwunden @HistoPol @[url=https://gruene.social/users/peter_koenig]Peter König[/url] @HistoPol
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •Yes, this is what this thread is about.
Apart from water 💦 management, harnessing the wind for. cooling purposes has already been invented a long time ago, the #Windcatcher|s in the #IrNuan oasis City of #Yazd with its #Badgirs (#wind towers):
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1123…
Needless to say, Roman and Pharaonic technologies, too.
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (@HistoPol@mastodon.social)
MastodonDoomsdaysCW
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •*Adapting to #Desertification*
#ClimateChange
(1/n)
Me, too. 😉
Let me tell you, too, that I think I remember watching a video of.. the only modern-day further delopment of this ancient #ClimateTechnology that I'm aware of 1)--is a video clip or TV documentary that showcased a trial of a #Madrid university.
As huge parts of #Spain and...
2)
elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2025-11-27/primer-atlas-de-la-desertificacion-en-espana-mas-del-40-del-territorio-esta-amenazado.html
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •...@DoomsdaysCW
*Adapting to #Desertification*
#ClimateChange
(2/n)
...probably the whole #Iberian peninsula, including most of the #CanaryIslands, are @ risk of #Desertification 2), (passive) #CoolingTechnology has become a survival-critical instrument for the inevitable adaptation.
Needless to say, far too little is being done about it.
2)
Here is a translation of the title and abstract of the renowned daily, #ElPaís,...
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •...about the publication of this benchmark study:
👉"*First Atlas of #Desertification in #Spain [#ADE]: More Than 40% of the Country Is at Risk*👈
#Murcia, #Albacete, #Almería, #LasPalmas, #Valladolid, and #Alicante are the provinces most affected by this phenomenon, which leads to the complete loss of land suitable for ecological and agricultural use...
[...]
"The...(#ADE), The ADE study, coordinated by specialists from the #UniversityOfAlicante (#UA) and the...
@DoomsdaysCW
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •... #SpanishNationalResearchCouncil (#CSIC), and presented this Thursday in #Alicante, indicates that 👉206,217 square kilometers of the country suffer from this type of degradation, which leads to the total loss of land suitable for ecology and agriculture, accounting for *60.9%* of arid areas and *40.9%* of #Spain’s total territory..." 👈
In short, including the data of the first map:
👉 *61%* of arable or ecologically usable land and *41%* of the total #Spanish territory has at..
@DoomsdaysCW
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •...least a *50%* (marked yellow) chance, of becoming a desert👈, while for more than half of these territories, the risk is already at *70%* (orange), and for some (5-10%?), the risk is already a near certainty, if endeavors stay at last year's level (above *90%* (red)!)
Final thoughts (for now:)
Needless to say, that we have not seen similar studies for the other #SouthernEuropean countries, like #Greece, the many #Balkan countries...
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •...bordering the #Mediterranean, as well as two of the 4 other biggest #EU member states with populations above 60 million, does not mean, that they don't exist. I simply haven't (or don't remember) having seen them.
(I do seem to remember a similar one for #Sicilly.)
Also, and I haven't read the report in detail, it seems obvious that the #ClimateChange induced "#Monsoon- type seasons with #AtmosphericRiver-type torrential rainfalls, will be an annual phenomenon from now...
@DoomsdaysCW
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •...on (exceptions possible, OFC.)
Needless to say, as we have seen from disaster reports from #Greece and #Italy, for instance, in recent years, the rate of top-soil #Erosion in the areas hit by such extreme-weather events, is bound to increase exponentially initially. This, in turn--and this is my understanding not being a #Climatologist either--will feed into the #Desertification feedback loop.
In short:
These catastrophic events may not be decades away anymore, but...
@DoomsdaysCW
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •...might happen very much sooner than almost everyone now might think.
The implications for the societal stability of the #EU due to fiscal strains, (coventional) food shortfalls, and the prospects of waves of intra-community #ClimateRefugees is staggering. --And I am momentarily excluding what is happening in all the countries on the other side of the #Mediterranean...
The "#ClimateShip might have sailed decades ago, but humanity has no other choice but to still try...
@DoomsdaysCW
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •...👉There simply is no other possibility if we are to withstand once more the #Kassandra predictions👈 like mine here, or e.g. quite some time ago, about the #Overshoot, the #PopulationBomb, the #GreenRevolution, and the importance of the so-called #PhantomCarryingCapacity:
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1120….
As I summed up in this in this thread here, I guess, is the best example of 👉the imminent reality of this #PhantomCarryingCapacity is deep-well...
@DoomsdaysCW
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (@HistoPol@mastodon.social)
MastodonHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •*Adapting to #Desertification*
#ClimateChange
(Current end of thread)
... #Water 💦 abuse👈, in particular from #Acquifers:
"👉...water that had been underground for millions of years.
So much so, that even the #Earth's axis has been affected.👈"
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1147…
//
1)
Note: not being a civil engineer or architect, I have only limited research exposure in these areas.)
@DoomsdaysCW
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (@HistoPol@mastodon.social)
MastodonDoomsdaysCW
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •Re (1/2)
Of course not, that was half a century ago and they could hardly have known back then what #BigOilKnew:
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1106…
However, all I've said above, just scratches important parts of the surface.
I haven't even mentioned the biggest threat to our current #Biosphere and the "#Humanophile" present climate, the at least 5 major climate #TippingPoints:
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1115…
Also, and this might be something for a future blend of #QuantumComputing and...
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (@HistoPol@mastodon.social)
MastodonHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •Re (2/n)
...and #GAI to determine, the interdependencies
between these at least 9 (!) #TippingPoints, are unfathomable, at the very least quantitatively speaking.
s/: Oh, and save the best for last, #ClimateChange might(?) even without them be still accelerating, as the single outspoken #ClimateResearcher published in the summer of 2023:
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1107…
//
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (@HistoPol@mastodon.social)
MastodonHumToTable
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •DoomsdaysCW
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •Re: (1/2)
I didn't know.
What does SPS stand for in our context, btw?
Also, I wrote a pertinent thread about 20th-21st century, chiefly #UShistory, today. It list many of my "classic" threads, including my research on topics that are still pertinent for today's politics.
Even though the thread is in German, I'd say 90% of the linked Threads were in English, so you should be fine. 😉
(Also, since I'm making a lot of deductions in the German thread, you might want to use...
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •Re: (2/n)
...Mastodon's in-built AutoTranslation function. The
language pair German/English works very well in the Humanities section.
A small warning: the volume of the materials covered could be a US politics / history crash course.
😉
Also, I only include links 🔗 if I feel that a certain topic should involve further reading for a background understanding. So, the whole thing is quite modular, from an educational viewpoint. --That was not my original intention, though. 🤭...
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •Re: (3/3)
...Enjoy, whatever you do end up reading.
Without further ado, here's the link, for your convenience:
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1162…
//
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
2026-03-15 19:46:17
DoomsdaysCW
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •DoomsdaysCW
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •Maybe this one? ( posted from Tusky instead:
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1162…
"*#Denkanstöße: Weltweite #Medienkonzentration und #Narrativsteuerung durch autokratische Herrscher, totalitäre Regime und globale Oligarchen*
#Politik #Geschichte #USpol #UShistory
Re: (1/n)... "
Maybe this one? ( posted from Tusky instead:
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1162…
"*#Denkanstöße: Weltweite #Medienkonzentration und #Narrativsteuerung durch autokratische Herrscher, totalitäre Regime und globale Oligarchen*
#Politik #Geschichte #USpol #UShistory
Re: (1/n)... "
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
2026-03-14 08:57:40
DoomsdaysCW
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •🤭