Floods and drought disasters in Turkey can only happen at the same time in different places; so we are quite used to hearing about these two disasters. However, another type of disaster that we have to get used to with the effect of climate change is at hand: Sudden droughts that take place in just 5 days…
Earphones A disaster is a type of disaster that foretells its arrival and when it comes, it consumes the natural resources in the region and threatens the existence of all living things, including human life. There is no need to argue about its destructiveness…
Turkey is no stranger to drought. The drought, which broke out in and around Salt Lake in the summer of 2021 and caused the death of thousands of flamingos, developed within months and seriously affected the region. Now, a new type of drought that can be seen almost everywhere, namely a disaster, has been detected.
Normally, a drought disaster occurs in 5 to 6 months, while a sudden drought can occur in just 5 days:
Scientists examining images taken from space for 21 years between 2000 and 2020, moments when the moisture in the soil drops rapidly and severely they detected. According to the results, 70% of sudden drought cases are within 15 days. 30% in just 5 days is occurring. In other words, the process, which takes 6 months, takes place within days in a sudden drought disaster.
The authors of the study, conducted at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, are Yamin Qing and Shuo Wang; Because of the sudden drought happening so fast that it is difficult to do scientific work they state.
sudden drought Why and where does it happen?
According to scientists, not many details are known about this yet, but it is said that it is possible to make some predictions due to its connection with normal drought and climate change. During the “atmospheric drought”, which we also know as a normal drought, high temperature, low precipitation and high vapor pressure are experienced, and the moisture in the soil is depleted. Here is the most important detail known for now, In such moments of sudden drought triggered.
According to the records, sudden drought events are experienced in countries such as Australia, China, Africa and Oceania, Southeast and East Asia, where these countries are located, the Amazon Basin, where rainforests are located, Northeast America, and South America. With the increase in drought events, sudden drought cases also occur frequently Waiting.
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