Models Wrong Again: “Hotter Weather Not Diminishing Runoff, River Discharge”!
By P Gosselin on 21. January 2024
“Results are somewhat in contrast to climate projections”
The European Space Agency (ESA) here reports on runoff and river discharge, which are important components in Earth’s water cycle.
With the globe allegedly warming, drought and heatwaves are said to be more frequent and so the hotter climate should lead to reduced water runoff and river discharge. But scientists, using data from satellites, are finding out “this isn’t always the case.”
Runoff occurs when the soil is saturated and has lost its capacity to soak up any more water. The water is then forced to flow over land until it reaches a stream or a river. River discharge describes the volume of water flowing per second at a given point along a river.
ESA says that river discharge is an indicator of climate change and trends on this can be derived from satellite data. In these days of climate panic, many scientists believe that heat and drought will lead to drier soils and so less runoff into rivers.
https://notrickszone.com/2024/01/21/models-wrong-again-hotter-weather-not-diminishing-runoff-river-discharge/
