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While the wild fires still continue, Australia is now facing heavy dust storms so thick that New South Wales was in total darkness as the sun was getting covered.
Australia also faced heavy thunder and lightning not without leaving heavy casualities. And the draught continues.
It is beyond anyone to understand the cause of this devastation and wonder if global warming could be it. We have our extended family living in that area but they are tight lipped about this.
This link has a video if you want to watch it:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/20/huge-dust-storms-hit-central-new-south-wales
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Do you think it is global warming that is causing this?
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Yes
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No
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I don’t have the scientific knowledge to comment on the causes, but what is happening is really a disaster.
Could it be that we are misusing nature?
It could be, but it could be just a natural process. Also, I guess thinking we are the cause gives us hope that we also have the solution. Unfortunately, people use such tragedies to promote their political and business ideas.
Finally it is in the hands of an individual that can make or mar the environment.
Now its raining golf ball sized hail stones there. I wonder what is happening.
I read about that too Pretty eerie if you ask me!!
I’m sure these are all consequences of climate change and global warming … nature is coming back
Wish something can be done about it
They had to be more respectful of our planet long ago … now that it’s all too late, they wanted to think a little
This is not a good sign of what’s happening down under. It may be the climate or whatever nature is doing and we cannot do anything about it.
That is the sad part. There is nothing one can do about it.
Of course this is a consequence of climate change, just as the summer wildfires in California and other places have a similar cause. If you pile all that extra heat into the oceans, weather patterns are bound to change, leading to more extreme weather events include severe droughts, heatwaves and violent storms.
Yes – there have been extreme weather events in the past, but they have been isolated. They are now occurring at far more frequent intervals, for which there has to be an underlying cause.
This is the first time as far as I know that every disaster is bundled together.
I must say that it is scary what is happening in Australia but I do not think it is because of global warming and I just hope that soon things turn around
Global warming could result in climate change which in turn creates these kind of disasters.