How “La Nina” is turning the Australian desert into a wetland. Positive “climate change”?
Australia is experiencing the third consecutive year of La Nina , an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that usually brings the country above-average rainfall. The cooling of the western Indian Ocean is one of the causes of La Nina and this year it has turned deserts into wetlands.
" With a third consecutive run of La Nina, for the fourth time since recording began, large swaths of Australia have seen incessant rains with little chance of draining the ground ," according to Australian website news.com.au. The Australian desert, due to centuries of fires and droughts, has turned into a clayey surface that absorbs rain with difficulty.
Sydney has already broken precipitation records that go back more than a century. The recent downpour has been a relief for a country struggling with extreme drought, which sparked intense wildfires in 2019-20.
The rain has turned deserts into waterlogged areas in the remote central region of the country, especially in Channel Country, Queensland.
A cattle rancher about 300 miles west of Charleville told The Australian that he was "blessed" by the rain. “Couldn't have asked for better. We are getting good rains at the right time, ”said farmer Nathan Keogh. “The stars couldn't have aligned more perfectly. The cattle are fat and the pastures couldn't be better. “This lifts everyone's spirits. It can be difficult here in times of drought, but that changes the cards. It is much easier when there is green ”.
“The region experiences flood rainfall about once a decade, which spreads across the floodplains of Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory to Lake Eyre, bringing out some of the country's most unique wildflower scenarios. ”, Explains news.com.au.
While mainstream media like WaPo cite researchers blaming "climate change" for flooding in Australia. We will note that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has stated that: "El Nino and La Nina are naturally occurring climate models and humans have no direct ability to influence their onset, intensity or duration" . this time La Nina has been positive and is changing a desert into an area with waters, unfortunately only superficial, but changing the nature of a soil would require decades of agricultural work. Of course, if it were a "Climate Change" you might as well try, but for only three years of good rain, for now, no.
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