{"id":256165,"date":"2023-05-05T23:02:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=256165"},"modified":"2023-05-05T23:03:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:03:02","slug":"the-case-of-the-missing-climate-crisis-greek-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=256165","title":{"rendered":"The Case of the Missing Climate Crisis:\u00a0 Greek Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

News Brief by Kip Hansen\u00a0 \u2014 4 May 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A sharp-eyed reader suggested covering this new paper with the clever title:  \u201cIn Search of Climate Crisis in Greece Using Hydrological Data: 404 Not Found\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, published 27 April 2023 in the hydrology journal Water.<\/em><\/a>  [ .pdf copy available at that link ].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The paper, by Demetris Koutsoyiannis and seven others, all associated with the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens and\/or the Department of Agriculture, University of Patras, is in response to the EU\u2019s declaration of a Climate Emergency:  \u201cGiven the European declaration of climate emergency, along with the establishment of a ministry of climate crisis in Greece, this dataset was also investigated from a climatic perspective using the longest of the data records to assess whether or not they support the climate crisis doctrine.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can guess by the title of the paper that, in regards to drought, the \u201cClimate Crisis\u201d was not found in Greece \u2013 your computer would have reported \u201cError 404:  Climate Crisis Not Found\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the longest hydrology records available, the authors found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe two over-century-long rainfall time series of Greece (Athens and Thessaloniki) show that the record average and maximum rainfall depths occurred in the 19th or early 20th century. Compared to other locations on the globe with long time series, these two time series of Greece show much smaller to negligible climate variability, both in mean and maximum rainfall heights.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn terms of the annual average rainfall, the two most important climatic events that have occurred in Greece from the middle of the 20th century to the present day are (a) the grouping of the high records of the annual average rainfall depth, namely 1\/3 of all stations, in one year, the hydrological year 1962\u201363, and (b) the intense and persistent drought before and after 1990, where the five-year period from 1988\u201389 to 1992\u201393 saw more than 50% of all record lows.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greece has seen this alternation of dry periods and wetter periods over the entire historical period, yet civilization flourished there over the same period:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe alternation of dry and wet periods is also a notable characteristic revealed by the study of hydrological data. This behaviour has been known to Greek philosophers since the 6th century BC (cf. Xenophanes;). Besides, the dry conditions in Greece have not been an obstacle to the development of Greek civilization but rather a trigger for the development of science, technology, and management. The ancient aqueducts of Athens that are still operational to date are a living testimony of this fact.<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA modern repetition of the latter achievement is that, as a result of the successful management of the big drought 30 years ago, Athens now has a perfect water supply system. The successful handling of this crisis is arguably one of the greatest achievements of modern Greek public policy. It would have been impossible without competent and pragmatic leadership and public participation.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The realities of climate, the shifting from dry to wet and back to dry periods, was the impetus for advancements in science and engineering and social policy, successfully overcoming the challenges presented by the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been dry periods, some deep and spanning years and there have been wet periods.  This describes the Mediterranean climate type \u2013 the same climate classification as found in California and much of the Pacific Coast of the United States.   But Greece\u2019s 2,000+ years of experience, wisely acted upon, have saved Greece from the downsides of the dry periods and allowed them to take advantage of the wetter times, establishing the infrastructure and policies that truly benefit the people and ensure a constant and adequate water source for the cities of Greece.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottom Line<\/u><\/strong>:  Error 404: Not Found<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sorry European Union,  a thorough search of long-term hydrological data found no Climate Crisis-caused drought in Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kudos are due the authors of this study \u2013 fighting back against the tide of climate nonsense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author\u2019s Comment:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Try as I might, I could not recover the name of the helpful reader that suggested this paper as the subject of a post here. If it was you \u2014 please let me know in comments. ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the many curses of modern society, found very often in the Sciences, is Presentism<\/a> \u2013 the partiality to the present (conditions, attitudes, values) <\/em>as opposed to taking a longer-term viewpoint.  Thus often in Climate Studies, we find the present (or very near past \u2014  \u2018when I was a kid\u2019 ) being held up as the ideal. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We find this in California\u2019s battle with its own historical climate<\/a> \u2013 dry periods followed by deluges of rain.  (See the Great Flo<\/a>o<\/a>d of 1862<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the prophets of doom, the prophets of crisis, must fail as they spread falsehoods based on perverse ideologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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