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Pollution, Climate Change & other anthropogenic effects on Biosphere

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02-08-2020, 10:31 PM ( This post was last modified: 02-08-2020, 10:35 PM by BorneanTiger )

(02-08-2020, 10:23 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote:
(02-05-2020, 01:09 AM)Lycaon Wrote: Just a question for all european members. Has this winter been quite mild for you ? for me it has.

In the Arabian Peninsula, especially the UAE and KSA, it would have been the opposite. The UAE, especially the eastern region which shares the Hajar Mountains with neighbouring Oman, saw record rainfall that resulted in deadly floods and transformed wadis (riverbeds that are normally dry, which transform into rivers with sufficient rainfall or levels of water) into rivers: https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environme...s-1.966642, https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environme...-leave-tra, https://gulfnews.com/uae/weather/flash-f...5156940820, https://gulfnews.com/uae/weather/flash-f...5156940820

Bearing in mind that a wadi would usually look like this, or without water:

Wadi Bih in the northern Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, in the vicinity of the Ru'us al-Jibal (literally "Heads of the Mountains") that includes Jabal Jais (the highest mountain in the UAE) and Jabal Al-Mebrah / Jabal Yibir (the mountain with the highest peak in the UAE, because the peak of Jabal Jais is in the Omani Governorate of Musandam), credit:
Shahana Shamsuddin

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Look at what the heavy rainfall has done to this rather dry land:

- Ras Al Khaimah: 




- Al Ain City, near Jabal Hafeet, the only mountain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (also shared with Oman): 




As for Saudi Arabia, the northwestern region of the Midian Mountains (part of the Sarat range which extends into Yemen) near the border with Jordan has experienced snow: https://www.indy100.com/article/saudi-ar...eo-9284681, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-15/s...m/11871048

Dromedaries in the snow:

ABC News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ABC/status/121735657...frame.html

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Reuters:

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