On: European summer weather linked to North Atlantic f...

[hef19898]

The mild winters are problem so:

- the risk of temp drops after plants started to sprout -> bad harvests

- snow is a great water reservoir, having the snow as rain leads to floods, results in lower ground water levels and droughts -> bad across the board and also impacting agriculture

- the permafrost in the alps is melting -> mountains litterally fall apart

And we see all that already for years now.

Edit: As rain goes rather quickly into rivers, and from there into the sea, it also compounds the fresh water issues mentioned in the article. Melting snow does so much slower, meaning it goes into ground water. Not having snow anymore really disrupts the water cycle in regions that had snow before.

[johnofthesea → hef19898]

- overwintering pests and diseases

[hef19898 → johnofthesea]

Yes, Malaria north of the Alps! And then people about some hypothetical killer virus from the melting arctic.

[baq → johnofthesea]

Asian tiger mosquitos are evil. I shouldn't know that, having never been to Asia.

[persnickety → hef19898]

That was one hard sentence to parse.

> (the risk (of temp) drops) after (plants started to sprout)

The risk drops, why does it cause bad harvests? Otherwise, what is the "temp"?

The presumably intended reading:

> (the risk of (temp drops))

is nonsensical on a different level: risk always exists. It's the change that's interesting.