Probably many millions of years.
Did not know it impacted your part of the world. Guess its a global thing...
But aren't your water supplies running dry last I heard?
The meteorologist I watch has been saying we're in an El Nino since April.
The lakes and reservoirs got back up to nearly full capacity after last winter, but we have massive commercial farms and groves, state forests, and a few hugely populated cities, so it has to be stretched pretty thin.
Right now we're in good shape. If we have an average or slightly above average year, that would be great. Much of the state was hammered with big storms last year. While they replenished lakes and reservoirs, they also caused tremendous flooding and damage. Some flooded areas have yet to recover.
That's good then. Odd how fast conditions can change, sometimes for the better.
It's a planet thing. You know, the only planet we can survive and thrive on.
The same one that will be here after we're gone and will pull itself back together. It might take a few million years, but Earth will eventually heal herself of our damage. 99.99999% of the evidence of our stay will be compressed to dust with a few skeletons here and there. Just like the dinosaurs, a much more successful group based on time they dominated the planet.
Yes, Starsong, the earth will heal and life will adapt and continue. It is civilisation as we know it that is under threat of collapse. Our whole world order and economic systems are vulnerable to disruption.
True. Problem is that we have no strong leadership in this area. Everyone is so selfishly focused on speeding forward, refusing to tap the brakes, denying the the cliff in front of us even as we feel bits of it crumbling under our feet.
Too true. When I was in my early 30s I attended a short course of lectures in astronomy for teachers at Sydney Observatory. The lecturer was the then Chief Astronomer of NSW. At the end of the course he said that the Earth is the only planet where we can survive for even one minute without wearing a full space suit. He urged us to teach our students how precious it is and to look after it.
