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| Originally Posted by John63 Hi Jay,
my post was supposed yo be tongue in cheek. Sorry if it didn't come across that way. |
Probably me.
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| Originally Posted by John63 why woud they dry up and die. Warmer wetaher and rising sea level would create higher humidity. Granted, the jungles might be cut by man for logging, clearing space for habitation etc which would have a detrimental effect on the jungle ecosystem. |
My understanding is that there not be a uniform warming but that there will be variations in the effect but there are likely to be greater extremes of weather hence the middle east could get even hotter whilst the UK gets colder in winter and hotter in summer.
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| Originally Posted by John63 Correct for UK but nor everywher is warmed by the gulf stream.(are they?). These may become warmer. For thise living in UK, best do that ice diving course or buy a set of skis. |
Good call.
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| Originally Posted by John63 I've lived in the middle east for over eight years and every winter after a day or two of rain, there are green shoots all over. In winters with prolonged periods of rain, there cn be carpets of soft green grass everywhere. The problem in desert areas is prolonged periods with a lack of water (typically Feb-Dec)
My garden (watered but not fed or fertlised) has masses of tropical plants similar to those in SE Asia (sorry apart from the bouganvilia and plams I have no idea what they are). This appears to be self sustaining. If this happens in my garden why not over a larger area if left to nature? Given the rate of growth that I see each winter, I can see no reason why this wouldn't happen in years not lifetimes |
I stand corrected - I was making assumptions. This will be dependant on the water getting there.