{"id":293097,"date":"2023-12-30T11:17:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T10:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293097"},"modified":"2023-12-30T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T10:17:07","slug":"despite-heavy-rains-flooding-and-softened-dykes-german-ufz-insists-drought-persists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293097","title":{"rendered":"Despite Heavy Rains, Flooding And Softened Dykes, German UFZ Insists Drought Persists!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NoTricksZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By P Gosselin<\/a> on 29. December 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the world\u2019s leading research centres<\/a> in the field of environmental research\u201d insists parts of flooded Germany are still in drought!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though northern Germany is struggling with one of the worst flooding episodes in a century, the country\u2019s Helmholtz for Environmental research (UFZ) website<\/a> continues to insist that parts of the region are suffering from drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too dry!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to its \u201cTotal Soil Column 1.8 meters\u201d Drought Monitor chart<\/a>, most of former East Germany is too dry:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Some parts, according to the Helmholtz UFZ, are even suffering extreme drought \u2013 like near Dresden.\u00a0 Chart source:\u00a0UFZ<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Reality: Flood Alert Level 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the latest news from the\u00a0Dresden Environmental Agency<\/a>\u00a0are that the city \u201cis lifting the alert level 3 declared on December 26, 2023 at 7:30 pm for the Elbe river in Dresden today, Friday, December 29, 2023, with immediate effect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although most of North Germany is reeling from weeks of heavy rains and flooding, the drought obsessed Helmholtz UFZ seems to see it all differently: much of the north is still gripped by drought!<\/p>\n\n\n

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The above animation shows the model simulated 1.8 meter depth drought extent for each month of 2023. Source:\u00a0Helmholtz UFZ<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

To be fair, the 1.8 meter drought chart is based on computer simulations, and so the outputs might need some time to catch up to reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate propaganda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amusingly, back around 3 years ago, just after Germany has experienced two dry summers, The Helmholtz put out this video, where they claimed that with the drought summers of 2018 and 2019, it meant \u201cwe have felt the climate change in Germany very directly, one can say.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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