The Persian Gulf has been a source of contention for centuries…..everybody that borders on the sea has claimed dominance at one time or the other….
The Persian Gulf seems to always be in the news…..either we are worried that someone will try to close it off or we hear all about the business opportunities if you happen to be a multi-national corporation to the proximity to Iran and the dangers that that might entail….
In case you are not aware of the location of what we call the Persian Gulf…..
Wars are being fought all around the Persian Gulf….Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen….something that has been a common denominator over the years….but there seems to be a new enemy of the region…..
A stark warning, even by the standards of climate research: If emissions continue at their current level, parts of the Persian Gulf region will simply become too hot and humid for people to survive in. Researchers say that by the end of this century, the combined heat and humidity “wet bulb” index in the region could hit 165 to 170 degrees during the worst heat waves, creating sauna-like conditions that even the healthiest person couldn’t survive in outdoors for more than six hours, the Smithsonian reports. The researchers, writing in the journal Nature, say conditions will exceed the “threshold for human adaptability” in cities including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and, on the other side of the Gulf, Bandar Abbas in Iran.
The researchers say that while air conditioning may keep wealthier areas inhabitable, that’s not an option for people in countries like Yemen. And in the years ahead, the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia could become exceptionally deadly in summer months. “Some of the scariest prospects from a changing clime involve conditions completely outside the range of human experience,” a Carnegie Institution for Science climate researcher tells the AP. “If we don’t limit climate change to avoid extreme heat or mugginess, the people in these regions will likely need to find other places to live.” The researchers say the deadly level of heat can be avoided with relatively modest emissions cuts, the Smithsonian notes
If the trend continues then the only thing the Persian Gulf will be noted for is……. OIL.
Keep in mind that the region we call the Sahara use to be a vast wetlands with a multitude of animals and people…..and as they say….look at it now.
If the trend continues then the only thing the Persian Gulf will be noted for is……. OIL. —- and the oily remains of what were once people … people who have – – – melted! LOL
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Persian Gulf heat: It may become too hot for humans to survive, study warns, a point of view from a good . Guns in the Middle East is not the only upcoming threat for the region !
The study by authors from Loyola Marymount University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a harsh assessment: Climate change could leave major cities in a key part of the Middle East, the oil-rich Persian Gulf region, unfit for humans to survive.
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I’m shocked to read that anybody who knows the cause of the greenhouse effect thinks that anything short of total fossil fuel abandonment can suffice.
There is *already* too much CO2 in the atmosphere. Merely reducing the emissions only affects the rate at which it is _increasing_ .
Oceanic loss of alkalinity is usually called Ocean Acidification, which is the same as calling loss of national wealth an increase in poverty, which is true.
Carbonic acid gas is another name for CO2, because CO2+H2O H2CO3, carbonic acid.
Carbonic acid is moderate concentration makes carbonates. In higher concentration, bicarbonates. To raise dough without yeast, you use baking soda, the bicarbonate, not washing soda, the carbonate, because you want the extra CO2. But carbonic acid, even in slightly alkaline water of pH=8.0, makes it very difficult for oyster larvae to create calcium carbonate shells. They dissolve as calcium bicarbonate.
I agree with you c0m-letely and so will most everyone on IST…but there are a few that may challenge the word…..thanx for the visit and the comment….chuq