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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: Droughts Reveal Dinosaur Prints & Hunger Stones [1]
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Date: 2022-08-25
113-million-year-old dinosaur tracks
The severe drought in Texas is unearthing 113-million-year-old dinosaur footprints, according to a NYT article Wednesday.
“Those footprints — they’re spectacular because they’re deep,” [Louis Jacobs, a vertebrate paleontologist and an emeritus professor of earth sciences at Southern Methodist University, said. “You can see the toenails. There’s more than one kind, and there’s a lot of them.”
Mr. Jacob expects that as river erosion continues, more prints will become visible.
From the Spanish Stonehenge to a Mexican temple, regional droughts across the globe have uncovered:
Hunger stones in Czech Republic. ...
Old towns in Spain. ...
Artifacts in Norway. ...
Roman ruins in Spain. ...
Remains in Nevada. ...
Chatsworth House gardens in England. ...
Abandoned villages in Germany. ...
Churches in Spain.
Elsewhere, the dried-out River Po in Italy has uncovered ordnance from the Second World War and on the Danube in Hungary a shipwreck from the same period. In the Americas, severe drought over several years has seen some stretches of water reach record lows. At Lake Mead, the reservoir created by the Hoover Dam, sunken boats, tyres and at least five bodies have been discovered. www.thenationalnews.com/...
x 113 million-year-old dinosaur track exposed by severe drought
https://t.co/3RLCwL2MaS — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 24, 2022
x Recent droughts in Europe have made the "Hunger Stones" visible. These stones were used to mark desperately low river levels that would forecast famines. This one, in Elbe river, is from 1616 and says: "If you see me, cry"
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate pic.twitter.com/bsfJa1G1yl — Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) August 22, 2022
World War II Relics And Hunger Stones Emerge In European Drought
Hunger stones are a common marker in some European rivers. From the German word, hungerstein, hunger stones mark water levels during severe drought. They remind and warn future generations of the hardships endured in the past since you can see the carved years of past droughts. One notable hunger stone resurfaced in the Elbe River near Děčín, Czech Republic. Upon it is a warning, “Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine," which means, "If you see me, weep." Hunger stones are found throughout the Elbe River as water levels dwindle, and dates carved into the rock go back as far as 1417 and 1616. The most recent is from 2018, during a massive heat wave.
Drought Status Report
According to the World Economic Forum, Droughts are getting worse around the world, here’s why and what needs to be done:
x Drought across northern Italy means the country's largest delta along the river Po is seeing increased salinity levels. It's causing trouble for the region's farmers, with clams and rice production at risk.
https://t.co/48tIcN3lNP — The Associated Press (@AP) August 2, 2022
Climate change is contributing to more droughts and water shortages on continents around the world.
Northern Italy is facing its worst drought in 70 years, and more than 43% of US states are currently experiencing droughts.
A new UN report says drought frequency and duration have increased by nearly a third since 2000.
One major solution could be increased focus on land restoration such as agroforestry and more efficient irrigation systems the UN says.
x The massive heat wave & drought China is experiencing may end up being the worst in recorded history. But turn on the corp news & it’s barely mentioned. George Monbiot calls it The Great Silence. It’s a failure of communication that can’t be rivaled by anything in human history.
https://t.co/px9Qe2r74A — Adam McKay (@GhostPanther) August 24, 2022
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